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		sp332 on May 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when... The "sandbox" disallows JITs. That means JS performance in any browser (other than IE) will be basically unusable, effectively banning browsers from ARM Win8.

rbanffy on May 11, 2012 [–]

... and irreparably damaging their reputation when compared with IE.

So, no. I don't buy that "We don't want to ban your app, we just want to make sure it disappoints your users" as fair.

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