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Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Microsoft has launched a new rewards program offering Chrome users "real cash value" points to switch to Edge browser[^1]. When users search for "Chrome" on Bing, they receive a prompt offering 1,300 Microsoft Rewards points that can be exchanged for gift cards, including on Amazon[^1].

The Browser Choice Alliance, representing Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi, criticizes this as Microsoft's latest tactic to manipulate browser choice, following earlier practices like "forced resets, misleading prompts, and hidden settings"[^1].

The market context shows why Microsoft is pursuing this strategy - Edge holds less than 9% market share compared to Chrome's 78%[^1]. The rewards program appears targeted specifically at Chrome users, with Windows Latest noting "we're not seeing ads for other browsers, such as Opera, Firefox or Brave"[^1].

[^1]: Forbes - Microsoft Offers Chrome Users 'Real Cash' Rewards To Change Browser

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There’s a reason why Google became one of the most valuable companies in the world. They USED to be a decent company with a decent product. But that has long since passed.

[–] Lockpro@mstdn.social 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

@aeternum @technology Remember “don’t be evil” ? I’m thinking that’s not the company slogan anymore.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do indeed. Many years ago, I loved google. I used all their products and everything was good. gmail was a pioneer. 1GB of storage while the other email providers were providing 10-20MB. I was in the beta for gmail, and i adored it. I had it for many years. Then enshittification happened, and that all changed. Fuck google so hard.

[–] Lockpro@mstdn.social 1 points 1 week ago

@aeternum I’m a workspace user and after the news the other day, about them helping ICE with facial recognition, I want out so bad. . . Looking for alternatives, and I’m a die hard Mac user, so 365 is a hard pass.

From the news. . . “This includes hosting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants and removing community-developed apps that alerted people to ICE activity. “