Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh “bribery” backlash.

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    4 days ago

    They’re just making themselves look trashy and desperate.

    What might work is making their software better than everyone else’s. But that requires effort and skill and managerial competence.

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    4 days ago

    We started to use ad blockers in the early 2000s because no one could trust they were the 999,999 visitor to the website.

    It sounded (and stills sounds) scammy.

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    4 days ago

    Let me guess… Existing users are excluded from participating? Cause I ain’t got no pop up banner anywhere. Or is cause I’m European?

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      3 days ago

      Should you ever feel the urge to do something wild and stupid: yes, actually Microsoft offers an official Linux version of Edge.

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        3 days ago

        Currently, for some inexplicable reason, Teams calls are broken on my Debian Trixie in all browsers except edge. I suspect foul play.

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    3 days ago

    Win a car that may be will be spying on you (don’t worry, no one will ever win the million dollars).