Google Chrome is now allowed in the Windows 10 Store
With Edge switching to Chromium, they have to drop their ridiculous EdgeHTML-only policy for browsers in the Windows 10 Store. So if Google wants to, they can submit Chrome to the Windows 10 Store soon (it’s possible Google doesn’t want Chrome in the Windows 10 Store though…)
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dcdevito
Log in to Reply<p>Won't matter..we won't need it. :)</p>
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lordbaal1
Log in to Reply<p>No one is stopping them now.</p>
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longhorn
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<p>Chrome is not a WinRT/UWP/Desktop Bridge app so it cannot be submitted to the Store. I'm pretty sure Google would love to have Chrome in the Store, but rewriting it as required by the Store it would no longer be the Chrome you know and love.</p><p><br></p><p>It's time for people to understand that MS has drawn a line in the sand. Regular apps like Chrome that are available on Windows (Win32), macOS and Linux won't be allowed unmodified into the Store. The MS Store is a place for sandboxed apps like Android and iOS apps.</p><p><br></p><p>So what MS is saying is that the security model of macOS and Linux is flawed, because it doesn't place apps in sandboxes by default. MS Store is the mobile experience on the desktop. Love it or hate it…</p><p><br></p>
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Paul Thurrott
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378117">In reply to longhorn:</a></em></blockquote><p>Policies change when leadership changes.</p><p><br></p><p>The leadership changed.</p>
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ErichK
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378117">In reply to longhorn:</a></em></blockquote><p>Couldn't it be *packaged* as a desktop bridge app though? I'm not sure what technically would prevent that from happening, unless it has something to do with the way Chrome works underneath the hood. Especially since EdgeHTML won't be required (if I'm understanding that correctly).</p>
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lvthunder
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378488">In reply to ErichK:</a></em></blockquote><p>This is just speculation by the original poster of this thread that the rendering engine requirement will be lifted. There is probably nothing technically to stop it from happening. Now if Google thinks it's worth the effort to do it is another question. Even if that effort is an hour of someone's time.</p>
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skane2600
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378488">In reply to ErichK:</a></em></blockquote><p>The answer to your question is always the same: it depends on the specific Win32 program to be converted. Not all Win32 programs can be "bridged" regardless of the vendor's desire or Microsoft's permission.</p>
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willr
Log in to Reply<p>Microsoft doesn't want Chrome in the Windows store though</p>
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Paul Thurrott
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378123">In reply to willr:</a></em></blockquote><p>Terry Myerson didn't. Terry is gone.</p>
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willr
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378325">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>I stand corrected. If Chrome is in the Store, Microsoft could bring back S Mode</p>
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lvthunder
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<p>So now one anonymous person tells one journalist that EdgeHTML is going to be replaced by the Chrome rendering engine and now the title is Chrome is now allowed in the Windows 10 Store. Give me a break. How about we wait for an official announcement or an insider build with this happening. There is a chance this one person is lying or something can change.</p>
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Paul Thurrott
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378125">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>You won't have to wait long. Microsoft is briefing people about a pending announcement this week.</p>
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zicoz
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378324">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><em>Is the announcement coming this week, or are they spending this week briefing people about the announcement that'll come some time in the future?</em></blockquote><p><br></p>
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NT6.1
Log in to Reply<p>Whatever. I'm still using the .exe version.</p>
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wright_is
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<p>Whatever, I'm still not going to use Chrome.</p>
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Darekmeridian
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378322">In reply to wright_is:</a></em></blockquote><p>lol well it's not exactly going to be a requirement.</p><p><br></p>
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wright_is
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378628">In reply to Darekmeridian:</a></em></blockquote><p>It was supposed to be a jokey take on NT6.1's post below. ;-)</p>
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scoob101
Log in to Reply<p>You are making an inference based on an assumption. </p><p><br></p><p>Hold your horses.</p>
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stillfurther
Log in to Reply<p>Can I just ask – and this is an open question, without agenda – what the big deal is with getting Chrome into the Store?</p><p><br></p><p>Everyone who wants it knows how to get it, and it updates just fine as it is. So I'm confused at the general excitement for this(?). </p>
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lvthunder
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378425">In reply to stillfurther:</a></em></blockquote><p>It would mean some people could leave S mode on and have more security.</p>
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SherlockHolmes
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378502">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>S mode is a dead fish in the water. Nobody buys PCs in S Mode. </p>
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jgraebner
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378691">In reply to SherlockHolmes:</a></em></blockquote><p>I bought a Surface Go and it comes in S-mode. Admittedly, I turned S-mode off about 2 minutes after finishing setup, but I can still say I bought one… :)</p>
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Simard57
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378691">In reply to SherlockHolmes:</a></em></blockquote><p>of course they are bought…. </p><p>i wonder what the telemetry says about how many are converted to non S mode</p><p><br></p>
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Lauren Glenn
Log in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378425">In reply to stillfurther:</a></em></blockquote><p>I assume this would let them have an ARM version? </p>
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hrlngrv
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<p><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/forums/microsoft/google/thread/google-chrome-is-now-allowed-in-the-windows-10-store#383543" target="_blank"><em>In reply to alissa914:</em></a></p><p>A version of Chrome for Windows 10 ARM would require a separately built Windows 10 ARM version, and it's unlikely all it'd take would be switching a IDE setting from Intel/AMD x64 to ARM 64 would be all that's needed.</p>
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locust infested orchard inc
Log in to Reply<p>What's all the rave for Adoogle Chrime that specialises in the dark arts of invasion of users' privacy ?</p><p><br></p><p>With Microsoft beheading Edge with the proposal to join the Chromium agenda, this could be seen as a tactical manoeuvre, as the new browser that eventually replaces Edge could potentially have several of the advantages of Edge as well as the large ecosystem of extensions for Chromium/Blink.</p><p><br></p><p>Once this new browser is eventually packaged within Windows, there should be no reason for anyone to download and use Adoogle Chrime, unless that is one enjoys being the victim of criminality.</p><p><br></p><p>Microsoft conceding to Chromium/Blink also tolls the death knell for both Opera and Vivaldi, both of which use the Blink-rendering engine.</p><p><br></p><p>I personally believe if Microsoft plays it's cards right it could have a superior desktop browser, and regain the crown as king of the PC browsers, shoving a Trident up Adoogle's posterior. Only time will tell.</p>
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SherlockHolmes
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<blockquote><em><a href="#378573">In reply to locust infested orchard inc:</a></em></blockquote><p>Thanks for a good laugh!</p>
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hrlngrv
Premium MemberLog in to Reply<p><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/forums/microsoft/google/thread/google-chrome-is-now-allowed-in-the-windows-10-store#378573" target="_blank"><em>In reply to locust infested orchard inc:</em></a></p><p>So the only logical inference taking all of what you wrote as truth is that Mozilla has won the browser wars.</p><p>FWLIW, I trust Mozilla and its derivatives to do best with user privacy.</p>
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