• AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      This is funny, but it was also 13 years ago. A lot can change in that time. I don’t personally use Bing though, so I don’t have firsthand experience either way.

      • bitwaba@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        A lot can change in 13 years, but a company that starts off morally evil does not magically get better as time goes on. If anything, they’re worse - we just don’t have the luxury of knowing exactly how yet.

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          3 months ago

          He didn’t say they weren’t evil. Only that because they are behind they are trying harder than Google (which is also evil).

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          3 months ago

          All I’m trying to say is that they’re not necessarily doing the same thing now that they were back then. They’d have a strong motivator to be better than google nowadays instead of just copying their results because google’s results suck now.

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      3 months ago

      If that was what you took from my post, give it another read. I’m not pro MS. I’m pro not feeding Google. And Bing is fine.

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        3 months ago

        I’m not pro MS. I’m pro not feeding Google.

        I feel like this is similar to arguing that Exxon is bad so it’s better to buy gas from BP.

        Both are shitty options.

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          3 months ago

          Thankfully there are other options because you just nailed the two places I refuse to ever get gas from when there is any other option. If there was a good third option I’d take it here, but while Google commands so much market share and a new competitor would probably siphon users from Bing (and it’s not enough users) I don’t think a real alternative will come. I’m intrigued by kagi, though.