Microsoft Pondering Windows 10 Price Cut to Counter Chromebook Growth

Microsoft is currently pondering a possible licensing fee cut for Windows 10 manufacturers, as it’s looking into ways to counter the rapid growth of Chromebook, a new report reveals.

Chromebooks continue growing at a worrying rate for Microsoft, mostly because they run Google’s Chrome OS platform, which is offered completely free to OEMs, thus contributing to a lower price when they hit the shelves.

And while Chromebooks have mostly been low-budget models whose quality was sometime questionable, manufacturers keep investing in such products with more premium features, as it’s the case of Samsung.

As a result, Microsoft is exploring new ways to reduce the price of Windows 10 devices as well, and one way to achieve this is by cutting the licensing fee for OEMs.