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Re:Microsoft creates special application class for Windows 8... by haunted on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:45AM (#3692475)
>Why don't these same people complain about third party browsers being completely banned on the iPad which has a huge share in the tablet market?

There are many third party browsers available on the App Store for iPad. I'm not sure where you got the idea that they're "banned"?

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Re:Microsoft creates special application class for Windows 8... by MatthewPhillips on Monday March 12, 2012 @02:34AM (#3692549)
Those are Safari skins, not browsers.
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Re:Microsoft creates special application class for Windows 8... by fpgeek on Monday March 12, 2012 @04:49AM (#3692747)
Third-party browsers cannot do core things like implement their own JavaScript engine (which is why you're not going to see Firefox or Chrome for iOS unless Apple changes the rules).
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