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Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com
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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2025
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Honestly, that's actually smart and nobody is hurt here. Google by now is as shit as Bing, so there's nothing wrong with using B instead of G. Let them downvotes come :)
Misleading users is definitely harmful. Since this is obviously done on purpose, I'd say it's malicious.
yeah, you're right, actually. if I have to fit this somewhere in my framework of things, it'd fall in the "dark pattern" box. so per definition it's actually malicious.
It's malicious and I like it. What's more entertaining than watching giants fight?
Is Google really as shit as Bing? I had to Ask Jeeves to confirm that.
Dogpile and save time
I'll InfoSeek the answer for you :)
Lycos.
Is that like Webcrawler?
How eXciting
Honestly G might be worse than B at this point
I see this as an action intended to trick users.
and yet Network Service still makes people use Google + ddg has better search quality