Microsoft is Once Again Asking Chrome Users To Try Bing Through Unblockable Pop-ups

Microsoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. The new ad once again encourages Chrome users (in bold lettering) to use Bing instead of Google search. From a report: 'Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al,' the ad reads. If you click 'Yes,' the pop-up will install the 'Bing Search' Chrome extension while making Microsoft's search engine the default.

If you click 'Yes' on the ad to switch to Bing, a Chrome pop-up will appear, asking you to confirm that you want to change the browser's default search engine. 'Did you mean to change your search provider?' the pop-up asks. 'The âMicrosoft Bing Search for Chrome' extension changed search to use bing.com,'' Chrome's warning states. Directly beneath that alert, seemingly in anticipation of Chrome's pop-up, another Windows notification warns, 'Wait -- don't change it back! If you do, you'll turn off Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome and lose access to Bing Al with GPT-4 and DALL-E 3. Select Keep it to stay with Microsoft Bing.'

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