Microsoft Mimicking Google UI

[JAMES4578]

Apparently  if you use Bing without signing into a Microsoft Account, you will see a page that looks very similar to Google.  is this somewhat underhand though not the only company to indulge in such practices?  However in recent years for instance , chrome download sites have been modified  and pop up Ads have been added into  Googled chrome on Windows.

More detail here https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337117/microsoft-bing-search-results-google-design-trick

[Sonora]

Google may be preparing to sell Chrome to Microsoft if it loses in a US court case, where it appealed the stupidest court decision ever that it had to sell Chrome.

Not only does it have to sell Chrome, the court ruled that Google must sell both Android and Google Play, in which case I'm switching to iPhone.

[keith30]

Don't use either, certainly not Chrome unless you want to get hacked and open the floodgates to scammers and popup ads that you can't get out of. Stay clear.😂

[Sonora]

I use Chrome and have not experienced pop-ads in it. But I also use antivirus software that protects me both in Chrome and in other browsers, and Chrome itself has good protection against possible hacker attacks.

[JAMES4578]

Yes, I use chrome at times -, depends if you have sufficient protection.

[Moiramon]

Just shows what judges know about technology.
Android Open Source Project (AOSP) provides common, device-level functionalities such as email and calling, So there's no Google apps it's just the bare operating system. Phone manufacturers have to buy a licence to use Google GMS in ther android phones. GMS is all the Google apps and services.