Don't ya just lurv Microsoft?

Link.

I think the statistics at the end show what we all think of Bing.

Does anyone use Cortana anyway, except perhaps on a Microsoft phone?

Cortana is now the default search engine for Windows 10 in the task bar - so a lot of people may now be using it without even knowing (or to be honest caring).

Why would anyone use MS spyware & data harvesting /sharing services , better still why would anyone who values their privacy upgrade to win 10 ? Nothing wrong with other versions of windows that where designed for non touch screens

Edited by tommy45 (Tue 03-May-16 10:11:09)

In reply to a post by ian72:

Cortana is now the default search engine for Windows 10 in the task bar - so a lot of people may now be using it without even knowing (or to be honest caring).

I presume you are talking about the search box on the task bar next to the Microsoft symbol. While I have given Cortana the boot I hadn't appreciated that searches using that box used Bing. It has made me investigate using another search engine for that box, say Google, but I can't find the configuration screen to make that change. Does anyone know how to do that task if indeed it is possible.

In reply to a post by trolleybus:

...While I have given Cortana the boot I hadn't appreciated that searches using that box used Bing. It has made me investigate using another search engine for that box, say Google, but I can't find the configuration screen to make that change. Does anyone know how to do that task if indeed it is possible.

Looks as if it was
...
but is no longer

The news article in the original post was saying MS were stopping you being able to use alternatives...

In reply to a post by tommy45:

Why would anyone use MS spyware & data harvesting /sharing services , better still why would anyone who values their privacy upgrade to win 10 ? Nothing wrong with other versions of windows that where designed for non touch screens

Because most people will just hit the upgrade button because Windows told them to. The majority of people have no knowledge of what MS is doing behind the scenes - nor do they know what Google does behind the scenes when they use Google Search/Gmail/Maps/etc. Most users just use their computers and don't give it a second thought.

And even being in IT I have upgraded a couple of machines - mainly because MS collecting what it does has no real bearing on my life - they can do what they like with it.

Do you have a smartphone Tommy?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Does anyone use Cortana anyway... ?

My Grandad used to drive one (having upgraded from an Anglia) [/coat]

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Do you have a smartphone Tommy?

Nope, i have a basic cheap mobile phone that makes and receives calls i also do not have a contract I have better things to do than become umbilicaled up to a mobile phone
Like those you see almost daily who wander around oblivious to their surroundings and any hazards

In reply to a post by Al1264:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Does anyone use Cortana anyway... ?

My Grandad used to drive one (having upgraded from an Anglia) [/coat]

Ford CORTINA....

In reply to a post by Al1264:
In reply to a post by RobertoS:
Does anyone use Cortana anyway... ?

My Grandad used to drive one (having upgraded from an Anglia) tongue [/coat]

Ford CORTINA....

I believe you may have missed 1264's joke there DS

Ah the 105E Anglia - had one when I upgraded from the sit up and bed puddle-jumper!

Will never stop a browser search engine.

Never said they would. The article was about Cortana not using alternatives - nothing to do with browsers at all. And if you buy the cheap MS tablets they had already made it so the default search engine in IE couldn't be changed - of course you could use a different browser or go direct to the search engine page but MS were already trying ways to get more people using Bing.

I currently do my 'Hoovering' with a Vax but I really don't want to do my 'Googling' with Bing.

I'm guessing the search engine market is a great potential source of advertising revenue.

In reply to a post by ian72:

Because most people will just hit the upgrade button because Windows told them to. The majority of people have no knowledge of what MS is doing behind the scenes - nor do they know what Google does behind the scenes when they use Google Search/Gmail/Maps/etc. Most users just use their computers and don't give it a second thought.


And even being in IT I have upgraded a couple of machines - mainly because MS collecting what it does has no real bearing on my life - they can do what they like with it.

I think you will find a lot of people are not just hitting the upgrade button, A lot of people i know are staying put with Windows 7, people who use Windows 8 seems to be the ones who will try Windows 10 and some of them have asked me hopw to get back to Windows 8.

Ms pushing this update have not really had the planned effect, they thought that people would flock to Windows 10 and that have not really happened, I can see the offer being extended to be honest, which is a pain as it means I still need to keep software on my computer to stop the nagging.


I thought people would bring the Google and smart phone argument up. A smart phone is different, you buy a smart phone you know that Google, Apple and even Microsoft with their windows phone is going to collect data, that is how smart phones work. you don't want the data collected then you don't get a smart phone and go for a normal phone.
I have a Android phone, but I don't do anything I think is important on it, I make calls, I receive calls, I send and receive text, I browse the odd website and it is just now and again, I use Facebook, but the info i want people to have which is not much is already on facebook, so it make s little difference. I will take the odd photo. But location is always switched off and I do not write letters or important emails on it.

My computer is a different thing, I browse, I write letters, I do other documents, I send important emails, I got things I think is private stored on it, I do not want Microsoft nosing around my computer.

I also do not want them controlling my computer and installing updates without my say so.

In reply to a post by Al1264:

I currently do my 'Hoovering' with a Vax but I really don't want to do my 'Googling' with Bing.

I'm guessing the search engine market is a great potential source of advertising revenue.

I use duckduckgo for searching,