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I am fine with it. The are alternative for most Google products. Personally, the only thing I miss is Youtube, which ironically MS made best version out there (

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  > Interestingly, Google has all its products out for the desktop version on Windows 8. Comparing Windows 8.x's desktop marketshare with Windows Phone's mobile marketshare might give a clue as to the reason why Google has apps for the former but not the latter.
  • nivla 12y ago
    Yes, the same reason why Google can't avoid making its apps for iOS: "Monopoly". Windows holds a monopoly in the desktop and there is no way Google can't ignore that. Now with the announcement of "Universal apps" by MS, where you write for one windows device and easily port it over for the rest, wonder if things will change.
• freehunter 12y ago
  I'd be fine with it too if Google didn't make MS take their apps down or worse yet block IE Mobile from getting to Google Maps completely [1]. Some might call it Microsoft reaping what they have sown for years and I've even heard people applaud Google for shutting out Microsoft, but when MS is putting tons of apps on the Android store and Google is blocking Microsoft from even getting to their website, from a user standpoint I have to be pissed at Google regardless of what Microsoft has done. It's petty, it's anti-consumer just like mid-90's Microsoft, and it's certainly not "do no evil". [1] http://mashable.com/2013/01/05/google-maps-windows-phone/ http://mashable.com/2013/01/05/google-maps-windows-phone/