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When I signed up for the waitlist for the New Bing (with ChatGPT), I was offered an express lane with this copy:

             "Access the new Bing even faster"

    "Get ahead in the line when you complete the following"

        "1. Set *Microsoft Defaults* on your PC"

        "2. Scan the QR code to install the *Microsoft Bing App*"

Microsoft Defaults and Microsoft Bing App were links, which I didn't click, and there was a QR code below the second one.

Make of that what you will.

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For what it's worth, I did try this out. Downloaded the little Bing desktop enforcement app and everything. Also on the phone. Signed in on both. Returned to the 'access' faster page. Nope, just same old 'Do this process to get it faster!'. So it was completely pointless. Unless they mean, jump the queue, and it's in a couple days? But it doesn't _say_ that really. So I dislike this little thing they pulled here. It could be biased too, as I was recently reading about this: Five Walled Gardens: Why Browsers are Essential to the Internet and How Operating Systems Are Holding Them Back. https://research.mozilla.org/files/2022/10/Mozilla-Five-Wall...

Wonder if you have to do both, I DL the app but I only have Macs so can't do the MS defaults thing.

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