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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by keewee7 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:39AM (#29980735)
They haven't completely given up on mobile. The Microsoft Launcher for Android is really close to what a modern Microsoft mobile platform would feel like.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/launcher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Launcher

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by keithnz on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:04PM (#29988037)
I use this on my phone, I really like it. All they have to do is leverage it and start a store, but not sure if the timing is right just now.

I think if MS embraced ad blocking and made edge (both mobile and desktop) support extensions including ublock origin they could really eat into that platform. At the moment you can run Firefox with ublock origin on Android ( which I do ) but quite a few extensions don't work ( like violent monkey). To me, being able to run ublock origin (and other addons) on Android is a massive competitive advantage, but Firefox can't seem to convert it to users in the mobile space, basically they have no real platform/marketing leverage.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by skinnymuch on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:19PM (#29989081)
People outside tech and geeky niches won’t leave something like Chrome because of stricter ad blocking.

Just like privacy, security, and the intense amounts of FB/Meta hatred, these issues aren’t the same for the populous at large.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by twobitshifter on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:53AM (#29981903)
I could see using this for work with office 365 integration but that’s the complete opposite direction of gaming for me.
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