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Probably yes for you and me, but I've observed how my parents (70+) interact with Google's search results, and for them there's no difference between an ad at t

Probably yes for you and me, but I've observed how my parents (70+) interact with Google's search results, and for them there's no difference between an ad at the top and "real" search results. I'm pretty sure they would consider this response as something which could be a feasible search result and would engage with it, albeit somewhat confused. They'd very likely discard it as a non-helpful response, but I'm not sure if they would know that Microsoft has injected this huge ad on purpose in order to glue them to Bing, so I don't see how they would go into full rejection-mode. To them the internet is full of inexplicable annoyances that get in the way all the time, unless they stay in their walled garden, so they've accepted it. Even more so since they don't use an ad-blocker and therefore get bombarded with a lot of trash.

hooby 3y ago
But would your parents switch to Edge/Bing on their own - or would they ask for your help, to do that for them? Is that really the sort of audience that would actually switch to Edge, if whoever maintains their computer for them has setup a different browser as default? What you are saying is that your parents would NOT detect this as a manipulation attempt. And my post above says that when people DO detect the attempt, the natural response would be to resist it. But Microsoft is not exactly subtle in their attempts - and that means more people will be able to detect it, right?
- basch 3y ago
  >really the sort of audience that would actually switch to Edge Someone whos default browser changed unknowingly upon system update?