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Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days ago

Windows 11’s Bing Wallpaper app now acts like adware, opening Bing when you click your desktop

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Windows 11’s Bing Wallpaper app now acts like adware, opening Bing when you click your desktop

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Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days ago

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Microsoft said it would reduce ads in Windows 11, but its popular wallpaper app, was recently updated with adware-like behavior.

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I mean this been a Staple of Android for years and years so, welcome to the club I guess.
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  I dont think my android has ever opened Bing.
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    That’s because Bing is a Microsoft search engine, not the one the company that makes Android is named after…?
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