DrGonzo@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHow do i stop this kind of pop up from ever appearing again? Win10feddit.ukimagemessage-square365fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down136
arrow-up1795arrow-down1imageHow do i stop this kind of pop up from ever appearing again? Win10feddit.ukDrGonzo@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square365fedilink
minus-squareAccount_93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 months agoYou “earn” points by searching and doing daily stuff which you can redeem for gift cards/rewards.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·11 months agoSo they literally have to pay people to use bing?
minus-squareAlphaOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoYeah. It’s been that way for at least a decade. My dad used to use bing for reward points and was scoring an Xbox controller every 3 months or so.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoNo way ? that’s a good ratio. I might just try automating Bing searches.
minus-squareLukeMedia@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoUnfortunately a lot of people have thought the same thing, and I believe they’ve cut down on that. Wouldn’t hurt taking a brief look into it, though. However, the rewards points aren’t as valuable as they used to be, I’m pretty sure.
minus-squareriver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·11 months agoTaking a page out of Brave Browser’s book. So brave.
minus-squarekboy101222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoBing rewards has been around for 6 years longer than the brave browser has existed (2010 vs 2016)
You “earn” points by searching and doing daily stuff which you can redeem for gift cards/rewards.
So they literally have to pay people to use bing?
Yeah. It’s been that way for at least a decade. My dad used to use bing for reward points and was scoring an Xbox controller every 3 months or so.
No way ? that’s a good ratio. I might just try automating Bing searches.
Unfortunately a lot of people have thought the same thing, and I believe they’ve cut down on that. Wouldn’t hurt taking a brief look into it, though. However, the rewards points aren’t as valuable as they used to be, I’m pretty sure.
pathetic
Taking a page out of Brave Browser’s book. So brave.
Bing rewards has been around for 6 years longer than the brave browser has existed (2010 vs 2016)