Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too

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  • Microsoft has concocted another scheme to pay people to use Edge
  • It's a referral link that gives you reward points for every friend invited
  • A strange Bing app has also been spotted that switches some browsers to have Microsoft's search engine by default, and it's proving controversial

Microsoft is once again pushing Edge — and also Bing — in promotional efforts that may elicit more than a few groans from Windows 11 users.

We're used to this kind of thing in Windows 11, mind, and I'll come back to Bing later, as this is an apparent plan that hasn't kicked into action yet. However, the latest Edge scheme is active, and as Windows Latest reports, it's offering financial incentives to get people to use Microsoft's web browser.

This is happening on the mobile version of Edgewhere users are being offered a referral scheme. If you can get...

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