Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

Who needs to worry about net neutrality when big companies can bicker and degrade their competitors experience at a whim.

I think Windows 10 S has more to lose than Chrome in this new browser battle. Even on regular Windows 10 people go against every trick Microsoft throws at them to use Chrome rather than Edge (which is kind of a low feature Internet Explorer). If Windows 10 S wants to define itself as the only version of Windows where you will be forced no matter what to use Edge, they will stay in the low single digit market share.

This is not a mobile version of an OS where the browser doesn’t really matter because there aren’t many things you can do with only fingers anyway. This is a full blown desktop OS to be used by laptops.

[edit] actually how would the Chrome installer work in the first place? I thought the very definition of Windows 10 S was that it only allows apps from the store. How would that download app install anything?

the title is misleading, it is not even a full installer, it is an app that just redirect you to a download link.

google refuses to provide a full Chrome app for the Microsoft Store because it requires browsers to use the built-in HTML and JavaScript engines provided by Windows 10. google agreed to let its ios version of Chrome to use Apple's webkit, but apparently it is not happy to do something similar for Microsoft.

now who is the problem here? Microsoft or Google? ;)

> Edge (which is kind of a low feature Internet Explorer).

I agree with your comment in general, but Edge really is significantly better than IE. It supports most modern web stuff, it's much faster and the UI is pretty nice and clean. Sure, the latter is a matter of taste too but it really beats IE on all fronts.

Opinions clearly vary on whether it can compete with the likes of Chrome and Firefox, but it's not a "low feature Internet Explorer". It's a decent piece of work.

Microsoft.

They have historically provided a low quality, non-standard rendering and JavaScript experience.

That they are trying underhanded means to stop people opting out of that experience is a reveal that the old Microsoft is still there.

Apple should not to be emulated on this.