Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

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Post by romanovcode » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 12:59 PM UTC

hungerstrike wrote: post #58

romanovcode wrote: post #20

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Did you try Edge?

Did you ever search around for reviews on Edge? By most accounts - it sucks. I'm sure you can find good reviews from shills, people with a low attention for detail or people with very basic needs. Even if you disagree with my thoughts on Edge reviews - the Edge browser market share speaks volumes: Nobody is using it.

I actually used it for like 2 months. If you don't care about web development it is pretty OK. All websites worked fine, I got uBlock without any problems.

Not sure if I did something wrong but my experience was OK, nothing amazing, but also not total shit like you say.

Re: Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

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Post by hungerstrike » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 6:39 PM UTC

romanovcode wrote: post #61

hungerstrike wrote: post #58

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Did you ever search around for reviews on Edge? By most accounts - it sucks. I'm sure you can find good reviews from shills, people with a low attention for detail or people with very basic needs. Even if you disagree with my thoughts on Edge reviews - the Edge browser market share speaks volumes: Nobody is using it.

I actually used it for like 2 months. If you don't care about web development it is pretty OK. All websites worked fine, I got uBlock without any problems. Not sure if I did something wrong but my experience was OK, nothing amazing, but also not total shit like you say.

I said it was a total shit show unless you have very basic needs and that's what you seem to have outlined. You even said you couldn't get through more than 2 months using it so I guess that is correct isn't it?

You also mentioned that you got one extension that you needed, uBlock. Great. How about these: Quick JavaScript Switcher, Don't Track Me Google, Stop Tracking me on Reddit and Google Search Filter. That is just a sampling of the non-developer extensions that I use.

Also, if I go to one page that doesn't work in Edge that's the end of my time with Edge. Since that happened almost as soon as I tried it out, I stopped trying. Despite that, I do open it from time to time to see if it got less crappy and many times I get a bunch of popups from Microsoft begging me to do more with their stuff. No thanks!

Re: Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

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Post by headmelted » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 9:58 PM UTC

pgeorgi wrote: post #52

headmelted wrote: post #29

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To be fair, Chromebooks require a Google account, which I agree should be completely optional for the user. Beyond that though, there's very little dependence on Google for apps. The web store opens in a browser window and (if someone were to create one) could easily go to a different store. Likewise, Android-compatible Chromebooks can use Aptoide same as any other compatible Android device (although Android should b…

> "I trust X app store in addition to Google Play" That's in Android 8.0: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/21/android-o-feature-sp...

I hadn't known about this, thanks for the link!

Re: Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

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Post by headmelted » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 10:03 PM UTC

kogepathic wrote: post #33

headmelted wrote: post #28

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Windows RT, for the record, was a horrifically missed opportunity for Windows to compete with "low-end" ARM devices. I use quotes as I much prefer the ARM Chromebooks I've owned over the years to any other computer I've used, regardless of price. Thin, light, cheap and with battery life for millenia. Microsoft is trying to address this now with running x86 code on Snapdragons (which may well be too little too late),…

> Microsoft is trying to address this now with running x86 code on Snapdragons (which may well be too little too late) I disagree. I think it's a fantastic idea. Windows has a lot of legacy software, which I'd guess is mostly closed source. If you want to have a laptop with all-day battery life, but run the application from your defunct vendor that's x86 only, then this is a great solution. For Microsoft, it's the be…

Sorry, my comment might have made it seem like I think it's a bad idea.

Absolutely I think it's great for all the reasons stated above, I just think it would have been a lot better if Windows RT either would have had this at the time (I realize it wasn't ready then and must have been a massive job), or would have been less restricted with the advertised caveat that apps would need to be compiled with ARM support - somewhat akin to how Apple managed the whole PowerPC -> Intel transition with universal binaries back in the day.