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Firefox is conducting a study to see if users will tolerate Bing over Google (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 3 years ago by uthredii@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] arthur@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If Bing pays them more I say do it. Most power users swap the default anyways and Firefox can use the funding. I can't see Bing being anymore toxic than Google so it feels like a lateral move.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Problem is. Normies are willing to change to chrome to use Google instead of changing the default search engine.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago

The outrage over paper straws has shown us that most consumers are not willing to sacrifice ANY personal convenience for any sort of greater good.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

A big chunk of those users probably don't care or notice if they use google or bing- and they probably shouldn't. Also I think the number of "normies" still using Firefox is dwindling to nothing anyway.

[–] stopit@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I think google IS the default search engine in FF....at least last time I updated my settings it was...I had to specifically change that.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

Yes, Google is the default, what i say is that, as many normies do not change the defaults, they may dumb firefox and switch to chrome just to use google, that is a situation FF has being dealing with for a while.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago

Agreed. In the end I'm going to use neither Google nor Bing, so I don't really care either way. If it helps Mozilla though, they should go for it.