That's not a feature. That's a bribe from Microsoft to use Bing. It's not sustainable and even if it's a temporary gain for now, it's the wrong incentive to use an opposing search engine.

I am not suggesting only use google because google is awful, but Bing shouldnt buy users, it should actually be good to get them.

How long is temporary? Because I've been getting $5 Amazon cards since 2013.

I'm estimating that I've received somewhere between $250 and $300 in rewards during that time.

Until they kill competition, then they'll take your peanuts back.

> Until they kill competition

What competition has suffered because of the existence of Bing?

I think this is the first time I've been accused of killing competition by using a product with 3% market share.

> they'll take your peanuts back

I've already cashed out; they can't take that back.

When they stop paying me to use their product, I'll probably go to Duck Duck Go.

I'm in no way accusing you of killing any competition but that's the obvious goal a company like MS has, what do you think? If they had the lead in the search market they wouldn't offer to pay users to use their product.

And as far as getting back their their money, you would still not be parted with your cash, they'd just use/sell your data and cover their loss from paying you in the first place. If I were you I'd continue to get paid to use their service, it's the best deal you can get right now especially that Bing is not likely to overtake Google any time soon.

If that’s your approach, you shouldn’t use 9/10 VC-funded startups, whose business model is exactly the same thing.

Thinking of it as payment for helping to train an algorithm and it makes much more sense.

Oh the days of Bing Cash back bonuses. I remember when they were offering 25% off ebay purchases for going through bing. In fact, I bought several high ticket items including an engagement ring.

I get a free £5 ($6.50) voucher for the local supermarket from them every month or so. Quite neat.