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poopyfinger Yogi tablet pro 2 has had GPS since 2014. Many different OEMs are releasing newer models that also contain it or can be added during build.
1 Have you used chrome on a touch screen? I don't particularily enjoy it. A lot of websites like reddit or even wpcentral are a pain on a touch screen. If I have apps that can help me avoid it then I do. And while you are cynical, it's fine because you're one of the users that doesn't care to adapt and you have that choice.
Of course MS has lost these users, because they fell behind. That's the whole purpose of them trying to regain those users through windows 10. And they will likely not get those users till they do solve the issue, and that's up to them. They certainly are trying this time around. They never really did previously. They took the wrong approaches no doubt.
2 Yes, exactly people do want to make money off apps. Websites don't make people much money, especially since most people use adblockers. And obviously those companies who came to the game first are the ones with apps.
Yes, it has been years, doing the wrong approach. So wrong that they wanted the CEO replaced and gave him a nice free card by making him resign gracefully. Plus Balmer was horrible with building relationships. He constantly attacked the competitors, that's not cool at all. They even did some studies that showed political candidates that do attack ads are less trusted and do more harm than good. But not sure if that was only within Canada.
3 Anyways, you don't have to stay with MS if you truly dislike them so much. They may not always do things right but I do like their services. I used linux for a good 18 years. I switched to windows 10 because I actually liked it.
1 i agree, reddit and wpcentral work very poorly with touchscreens / chrome. the vast majority though, work flawlessly. i'll dismiss that as badly designed websites, not a browser issue.
2 if ads weren't jumping in front of my reading content, i wouldn't block them.... but i doubt 'good' ads will ever happen, so the adblock plugin stays up to date and working.
3 you've misunderstood this. i don't want microsoft to fail, i want them to actually be a competitor in mobile. well, SOMEONE to compete with android and ios anyway. i don't actually care who it is, but another competitor (just occupying a very distant third place position is not competing) to keep google and apple on their toes. microsoft barely edges out palm for third right now, google and apple have nothing to worry about from microsoft. that's a shame, i WANT the benefits consumers can have by three players (or four) in the mobile market.
