Obviously, this move had to make sense from a business standpoint or it wouldn't have happened. How it makes sense, we can only guess.
I feel for y'all. I know some people that play on Chrome, but I can't do it myself. I've never done that type of gaming, and it's just control overload. Too many keyboard keys/functions to remember and be able to recall quickly. It's a large mental jump to switch to that after being used to performing every action visually by touching a screen. If my device stopped being supported, I probably wouldn't bother trying to get used to keyboard controls.
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