Microsoft is so desperate for people to drop Google for Bing it’s offering a $1 million reward

As if Microsoft’s Rewards loyalty programme couldn’t get immoderate better; it’s offering a chance to triumph $1,000,000 (USD) if you make a modulation from your existent hunt motor to Bing - starting October 8.

It whitethorn sound excessively bully to beryllium existent but arsenic Windows Central reports, anyone successful nan United States, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Canada, France, and Germany has nan chance of becoming a millionaire, just by browsing connected Bing and entering nan sweepstake for free.

This isn’t nan first clip Microsoft has done this, pinch nan possibility of earning points conscionable by searching utilizing Bing antecedently - but now nan stakes are overmuch higher, and it hardly requires immoderate effort. You’ll instantly summation 5 entries erstwhile sharing your nexus pinch friends erstwhile they enter, expanding your chances of winning.

If you aren’t fortunate capable to nett nan jackpot (there tin only beryllium 1 winner), 10 much winners will person $10,000, which isn’t excessively shabby!

Is this a motion of bigger rewards successful nan future?

While we’ve seen a plethora of gifts disposable to triumph via Microsoft Rewards before, nary of them person been astatine this magnitude - it’s fundamentally a free lottery ticket, that only needs you to usage your net browser arsenic normal. Of course, nan drawback is utilizing Bing complete Google (which is still down Google successful position of usage) and waiting to spot if you’re fortunate enough.

This is simply a clear effort by Microsoft to person users to move complete to Bing, moreover if it’s only for nan clip being. Despite nan large push for Bing to dethrone Google (especially pinch ads connected Windows 11), nan chances of this making a important effect connected nan celebrated hunt motor are minimal - particularly considering Google’s hunt functionality successful comparison to Bing’s.

Will this activity successful nan agelong run? Probably not, but it's surely a awesome opportunity to showcase nan benefits of nan hunt motor specified arsenic AI searching capabilities (uses Open AI GPT-4 which has conversational capabilities), that could perchance clasp users.

If nan jump from rewards for illustration Xbox Game Pass subscriptions to a $1 cardinal prize is immoderate indication, past we could beryllium seeing Microsoft Rewards go acold much generous successful nan adjacent early than before. Sure, this mightiness beryllium a motion of desperation from Microsoft, but we’re not complaining.

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