I can't download google chrome on my windows rt computer.

And I prefer Kre-O over Lego or Megabloks. Just like I prefer Firefox over IE or Chrome. :-)

Hahaha!! :)

I think I finally understand where you're coming from now. And I haven't used "Chrome" on iOS either so I don't know what it's like. I guess my whole point (if I had one) is as a paying customer of an RT device I would like to see the OS become a bit more open so we can actually have a choice of browsers. Firefox has the same problem as Chrome too...

I never said that Google was happy about doing a Chrome "shell" on iOS, just that they did it. Which gives them more exposure than if they didn't release it, especially if they're able to do a decent approximation of Chrome's features and UI on iOS (probably similar to the Android version.) Mind you, since I avoid Chrome, I really can't say whether the feature set carries over. I don't even have it on my Android tablet.

Seems to me that by not releasing RT/8 versions of the apps even in wrapper form, they're reducing their exposure. Maybe not by much, as there aren't a huge number of RT devices out there for them to expose themselves on, but every little bit helps.

Your assessment is probably the most fair one - neither side is blameless.

And I prefer Kre-O over Lego or Megabloks. Just like I prefer Firefox over IE or Chrome. :-)

Have you asked Apple to make a version of iTunes for RT? Like I keep saying, Microsoft can't make the developers make the apps. But if the company knows there's a demand, they might develop it.

No guarantees, of course, but it never hurts to try. I've added my voice to the many asking VUDU to release an RT app.

And again, DomFriant, if Google can release Chrome as a Safari wrapper (or whatever the iOS browser is these days), then there's nothing stopping them from doing the same on RT. Except that they don't want to.

Which is fine by me, to be honest. I have no doubt that Microsoft mines some marketing and use info for their own purposes, but Google's "big brotherness" is legendary. In this case, Microsoft comes off as the lesser of the two evils.

I agree entirely. Sure Google could release an IE wrapper and call it Chrome. And I'm sure you're right in saying they don't want to. You assume Google is happy about the fact that the most they can do is release a wrapper on iOS. I would bet money they'd much rather release an actually Chrome browser. We don't need Microsoft becoming Apple with locked down operating systems.

On top of that, a re-skinned IE isn't what people here are asking for... they're asking for the real Chrome browser... the same Chrome they install on Windows 8. The answer you have been giving people has been very vague in that it suggests that Google could actually release the real Chrome browser for RT when they can't. An IE wrapper would not only NOT be Chrome, it would be modern UI only when the real Chrome has both a desktop and modern ui mode like IE does. It's like you're directing shoppers down the Megablocks isle when they are specifically looking for Lego brand sets.

So let me put it clearly:

• Google is at fault for not releasing an IE wrapper and calling it Chrome.
• Microsoft is at fault for locking down the Windows RT OS and thereby preventing the real Chrome or any other third-party browser from being released for the OS.