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SmellyCarcass69 t1_j9n6cqr wrote

Reply to comment by Triiviium in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202

The Microsoft store on pc 7 years ago has entered the chat

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leopard_tights t1_j9nhgnr wrote

When I was in college the Microsoft evangelists would come giving talks and gifting everyone in attendance physical Xbox games, and they were so desperate to get the store going that they'd beg for us to develop any app. One guy even said that we could just clone the example calculator app, change the name and the logo and upload it like that.

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Triiviium t1_j9nqd37 wrote

It’s still not that good either to this day lol

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Dazz316 t1_j9nw9e9 wrote

It works well and ties into windows decently. It also is covered in less shit than it used to be. But it just needs more attention from developers and pushed over just running exes and msis.

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Demonicplaydoh t1_j9osq4s wrote

Lol it doesn't need to exist so if prefer it wasn't pushed

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Dazz316 t1_j9otqxi wrote

I'm a PC guy but I like the app store on MacOS, iOS and Android. It works really well, with android, iOS and windows having options to install differently.

A centralized update and install location is a great idea and works brilliantly. If Windows Store could get more attention and get up and running then that would make things a look easier and smoother. Not having 24 update services running on your PC but instead like 3 plus the rest via Microsoft store would be great.

And that wouldn't be to replace exe's and msi's but work alongside.

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almisami t1_j9pyopw wrote

I still don't get why M$ can't have a linux-style repository... I legit thought that was what the M$ Store was supposed to be.

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almisami t1_j9px2zi wrote

Even that, they really needed to curate their shit better.

Hell they should have a service, paid by the developper, where you could get your app "Microsoft approved" so that it would be in a different section of the store.

That way I could make it so meemaw and grandpa can actually download VLC on their new PC without pestering me for half a year until I fly over for Thanksgiving.

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