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Why doesn't Windows Phone open up a little?

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desura

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If they've already dropped licensing costs to nothing, why not go further and...open the platform some so that competing browsers can be installed? IE is fine, but the platform would be helped a lot by having firefox.
 
Bateluer said:
Letting other services onto the phone doesn't get people using Microsoft's services.
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They could make a requirement of loading a browser on the phone that it has to default to bing.

This move would increase developer interest probably.
 
desura said:
They could make a requirement of loading a browser on the phone that it has to default to bing.

This move would increase developer interest probably.
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The amount of interest having a different browser available would generate for the platform is negligible. Even Google has realized that having a tight user experience is better, even if that means being more restrictive.

The number of people for which lack of an alternative browser is the sticking point preventing them from switching to Windows Phone can probably be counted on one hand, assuming that there are any to count at all.
 
zerogear said:
Most people I know who use smartphones (Android) uses the default Browser (not even Chrome)
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I thought the recent Android phones have all defaulted to Chrome for the browser? Or is it just the Nexus devices that do this?
 
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