DrGonzo@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow do i stop this kind of pop up from ever appearing again? Win10feddit.ukimagemessage-square365fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down137
arrow-up1787arrow-down1imageHow do i stop this kind of pop up from ever appearing again? Win10feddit.ukDrGonzo@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square365fedilink
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 year ago Microsoft Reward points What the fuck is this?
minus-squareAccount_93linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoYou “earn” points by searching and doing daily stuff which you can redeem for gift cards/rewards.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 year agoSo they literally have to pay people to use bing?
minus-squareAlphaOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year 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-squareHadriscuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNo way ? that’s a good ratio. I might just try automating Bing searches.
minus-squareLukeMedialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoTaking a page out of Brave Browser’s book. So brave.
minus-squarekboy101222linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoBing rewards has been around for 6 years longer than the brave browser has existed (2010 vs 2016)
What the fuck is this?
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)