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Last distro I installed for personal use was Ubuntu and it was lousy with these types of popups (note: this was about 10 years ago)
Edit: It's really bizarre to me that nobody remembers how intrusive and persistent Ubuntu One was (decom'd 2014), though in fairness it's not precisely what OP is experiencing with regards to Bing/Chrome
which planet was this on?
..???