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Windows is CURRENTLY a fairly open platform. UWP as a sort of sub-platform is not particularly 'open'. The point here is that if UWP is successful, Microsoft wi
by Blaaguuu 11y ago
Windows is CURRENTLY a fairly open platform. UWP as a sort of sub-platform is not particularly 'open'. The point here is that if UWP is successful, Microsoft will almost certainly continue to move more and more in that direction, and Windows as a whole which quickly become much less open than it is today. Sweeney is trying to point that out before it is too late.
Currently you can buy most games on Steam, and there's really no reason to buy the UWP version if it is also available on the Windows store - but if Microsoft continues to add UWP only features to Windows, then it might not be long before we see games where the UWP version has features that makes it superior to the version available on Steam - or they aren't released on Steam at all.
I agree with Sweeney that that is a worrying prospect.
- chokolad 11y agoBTW, Phil Spencer posted this on twitter https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795213709561857 https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795213709561857 UWP is a fully open ecosystem, available to every developer, and can be supported by any store. Broad range of tools http://bit.ly/1QIHTf0 http://bit.ly/1QIHTf0
- chokolad 11y agoWhy a downvote ?
- Blaaguuu 11y agoInteresting... That tweet is the first I ever heard of UWP apps being distributable through 3rd party stores, and I don't see anything in the link that he provided that supports his claim - its all in reference to the Windows Store. It is interesting if true, but the devil is in the details, and Sweeney points out the similarities to Android, where you can technically side-load applications, but it is a pain in the ass, and I'm sure 99% of users couldn't be bothered to do so. Look at how much trouble Amazon has had getting people to use their app store on anything but 'Fire' devices.
- coryrc 11y agoThat's not what that says. It says you can use more ways to put things in "Windows Store", not use UWP APIs from programs not sold through "Windows Store".
- chokolad 11y agoIt literally says that you can put UWP apps into other stores, not just Windows Store. And it was said by Phil Spencer, head of Xbox.