Google Warns Windows Users—Microsoft Is Tricking You

by: Zak Doffman
2025-01-06
Source: Forbes
01/08/2025

It’s one those moment when you look at something and get the impression that something’s wrong. Like you look at the sky and see your web browser on the screen of your computer ;) by Pawel Czerwinski is licensed under unsplash.com

Google has suddenly hit back hard after Microsoft was seemingly caught capturing and diverting Google users within its Windows ecosystem. “New year, new low,” one Google exec posted on X, accusing the Windows-maker of “a long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

Last month, Microsoft was called out for its latest round of nags to push Chrome users to switch to Edge, setting it as their default browser. “Microsoft Edge won’t stop nagging users to set itself as default on Windows 11,” Windows Latest reported.

Windows Latest is also responsible for this latest furor, with “a pretty interesting yet controversial change that spoofs Google.com UI when you try to find Google when using Bing.com. This is a genius move to keep you from Google search, which has become a synonym for search engines or finding answers online.”

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