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Bing is kinda desperate it seems. I went to install GPT on my device yesterday and the first app result was a sponsored one - bing - telling can you can earn pr
by atum47 3y ago
Bing is kinda desperate it seems. I went to install GPT on my device yesterday and the first app result was a sponsored one - bing - telling can you can earn prizes by using the app.
Don't know if they are more interested in growing the number of users or collecting that sweet data. Probably both.
- abraham 3y agoBing Rewards was launched in 2010 so apparently it's working enough to keep it around. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bing#:~:text=Bing%20Rewards%20was%20a%20loyalty,Bing%20searches%20and%20special%20promotions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bing#:~:text=Bing%20....
- rchaud 3y agoGoogle pays Apple $20b every year to remain the default search engine on iOS. Now that's desperate. Where were people going to go, Bing?
- greenyoda 3y agoGoogle may be afraid that Apple would develop their own search engine, just like they developed their own maps engine and iCloud for email/photos. Apple, with their massive piles of cash, would have the resources to do that.
- asadotzler 3y agoOr buy one, like Bing, and take it from middling to solid.
- karakot 3y agoyes, the same way they went with Siri.
- zamadatix 3y agoOr that Apple simply changes the default Bing, offering something less but greater than 0, and Google loses out on >20 billion in ad revenue.
- hadlock 3y agoWhatsapp has their own version of ChatGPT. It's an arms race right now
- dgellow 3y agoBing brought 12 billion in revenue in 2022. Just saying.