So many tech companies have their strategy to develop and train AI.
Microsoft has Windows+InternetExplorer/Edge and users.
Google has its API's like fonts and users.
Reddit has it sub reddits, moderators and users.
Facebook has its users.
So all these tech companies are still competing, just in their own unique way.
Apple I havent figured out yet.
Neither Google nor Bing is a search engine; neither one makes any money from search. They are both advertising sales and placement engines. Google is winning because it started with a larger audience, and is thus more attractive to advertisers.
> Even if I wanted to use Edge as my daily driver, I couldn't on my Fedora workstation.
Why not? Edge exists for Linux. Microsoft maintains a repository with rpm packages for Edge and it is also available via a Flatpak.
I like that DuckDuckGo uses Bing as a source and DDG acts as a proxy to Bing. Bing is a huge personal-data grab by Microsoft and all their recent AI is just cruft I will never use, personally.
I wouldn't say missed the opportunity, they definitely tried to, but they botched the opportunity.
Many people have switched off using Bing, not just alternative users. But..
I'm sorry but I prefer not to continue this conversation. Iām still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.