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Google published a "Chrome browser" app in the Windows Store on Tuesday, but it simply opened up a Google Chrome download page in the default Windows browser. Most users would then have been able to download and install the Chrome browser, except for the minority of Windows 10 S users who are restricted to downloading Windows Store apps which must use the EdgeHTML rendering engine rather than Blink. Microsoft was not amused at the stunt and removed the "app" from its Store later that day:
Google published a Chrome app in the Windows Store earlier today, which just directed users to a download link to install the browser. Microsoft isn't impressed with Google's obvious snub of the Windows Store, and it's taking action. "We have removed the Google Chrome Installer App from Microsoft Store, as it violates our Microsoft Store policies," says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge.
Citing the need to ensure apps "provide unique and distinct value," Microsoft says "we welcome Google to build a Microsoft Store browser app compliant with our Microsoft Store policies." That's an invitation that Google is unlikely to accept. There are many reasons Google won't likely bring Chrome to the Windows Store, but the primary reason is probably related to Microsoft's Windows 10 S restrictions. Windows Store apps that browse the web must use HTML and JavaScript engines provided by Windows 10, and Google's Chrome browser uses its own Blink rendering engine. Google would have to create a special Chrome app that would adhere to Microsoft's Store policies.
Most Windows 10 machines don't run Windows 10 S, so Google probably won't create a special version just to get its browser listed in the Windows Store. Google can't just package its existing desktop app into a Centennial Windows Store app, either. Microsoft is explicit about any store apps having to use the Edge rendering engine.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 20 2017, @07:18PM (1 child)
Yep, only pirates. Pirates and small businesses. But you didn't get the $500/month small business connection, did you, you pirate?
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Well, I'm not being sarcastic about the part where VPNs will be completely banned unless you have the small business package, which will be prohibitively expensive.
The part that's really going to blow my mind, though, will be when all of this reaches its absurd conclusion, we wind up back at AOL keywords (except they end in .com), and the only way you'll be able to access the web is by connecting to a proxy run by your ISP, which will only connect you to the websites on the internet package you've purchased. All other traffic is dropped.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Thursday December 21 2017, @07:26PM
That would be an interesting battle...a lot of large corporations use VPNs for employees working from home or on call. The ISPs will have to have some way to handle that at least.