Microsoft pumps the zombie -from Windows 10 with Bing as a final insult
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- Windows 10 has a new update that adds a few functions
- Unfortunately, one of these is aimed at promoting Bing and Edge
- Microsoft pushes its search engine and browser through the calendar panel of the taskbar
Windows 10 Has a new update and it actually introduces a new feature – although you may want this not to be when you discover what this newest addition is.
That said, the freshly released update for June (that’s KB5060533 for Windows 10 22h2) comes with a tweak that can increase a smile, namely that the clock in the taskbar now shows the seconds when you click to view the time in the calendar panel.
Entirely why Microsoft Dump that in the first place is beyond me, but anyway, although that is perhaps a pleasant return of a function for some, there is an sting in the tail further in the aforementioned calendar –out -namely that Bing Has crawled here in the mix.
Not openly, spirit, but if Windows News explainsThere has been a change in the lower part of the calendar panel where you normally see your own events or memories – if you have, that is. If you don’t, it was empty, but from the June update you see popular public events and their dates.
Of course, almost every day is now dedicated to something – for example today, June 11, is ‘National Corn on the Cob Day’ (apparently) – and memories for these events will now appear in the calendar panel.
How does Bing get in this? Well, if you click on the mentioned event, you get information about it … wait … Yes, bing search engine. And what web browser Will that appear? Microsoft EdgeNaturally. Why promote a service, when you can still promote two?
Analysis: Why risk the contamination?
This is a bit secretly because it is far from clear that you call Bing and Edge when you click on the calendar flyout out of curiosity. Moreover, despite the Windows 10 preferences you have chosen for your standard search engine or browser, this happens, which is again an unwanted turn.
This is the type of behavior that has a negative influence on Microsoft’s reputation and it does not help that the Tweak is not mentioned in the update notes. We can only be heard that the June patch offers a “rich calendar experience” (well, it makes someone rich, or at least a little richer, but not with you).
The kicker here is that Windows 10 is only four months further than a dead explained operating systemDeleted with its living support (unless you pay for an extra year for extra security patches). So, why would you even take the trouble to make changes like this when Windows 10 stands to his last curtain? Why would you take risks that can cause reputation damage at all?
Well, a thought happens: maybe Microsoft is not convinced that floods will leave people Windows 10 When the end of life deadline Rolls around in October 2025. After all, an alarmingly heavy number Diehards still cling to the older operating system. In that case, Microsoft may see the value and value to bug Windows 10 users for the foreseeable, while they remain to pay support or risk their non -patched PC that is compromised while we refuse (or unable) to upgrade to Windows 11.
Oh well. At least we have the seconds back on the calendar clock display, Hurray.
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