A healthy PC means using Bing, according to Microsoft

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A healthy PC means using

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, according to

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Judy Sanhz / Digital Trends

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hasn’t been shy about pushing first-party services and apps in Windows, but this time, it’s getting a little ridiculous. As reported by

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, the

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application PC Manager claims you can “fix” your computer simply by changing

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to be the default search engine.

The change was spotted when using the Edge browser and having, for example,

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as the default search engine. After you run a health check, one of the suggested changes will be to set

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as your default search engine. If that’s how you want to go, there’s a button to make it happen.

If you take its suggestion and set

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as your default search engine, you’ll get a message letting you know you’re all set and that your PC is using recommended settings to be sure, fast, and efficient. But if you decide to ignore the recommendation, you’ll notice that your computer will continue to work as usual, just as mine did.

Some may question

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’s recommendation, especially since the default search engine has nothing to do with PC performance or security. It also feels particularly problematic because of the way PC Manager is positioned, which is to “safeguard your PC in a quiet and reliable way.” The app gives no reason for why

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would be safer or faster to use than

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, making the change feel like nothing more than an attempt to trick people into switching.

Of course,

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isn’t the only company to do things like this. If you’re using

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Search in a

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Edge browser, seeing a suggestion to use Chrome may not come as much of a surprise.

This recent example from

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feels particularly egregious though, and hopefully is something that

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will address in the future.

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