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I wouldn't be surprised if this contributed either directly or indirectly to the extremely barren Windows Store marketplace in terms of apps. I think Microsoft

I wouldn't be surprised if this contributed either directly or indirectly to the extremely barren Windows Store marketplace in terms of apps. I think Microsoft burned a whole lot of bridges with this affair in terms of people who were long time Windows developers.

duskwuff 10y ago
In early 2013, shortly after the store opened, Microsoft had a thing going where they'd pay developers $100 for every app they published: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4124548/microsoft-paying-developers-cash-for-windows-apps http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4124548/microsoft-paying-d... This was actually a net negative for the store, as it led to the bulk creation of a lot of crappy, low-effort applications, setting up the expectation for users that most of the content in the store was junk, and making legitimate applications harder to find. I wouldn't be surprised if this played a significant role in discouraging developers.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  As a Lumia owner for about a year, I totally buy that. The Store was garbage.
  - MichaelGG 10y ago
    Yep. I have them a shot. Bought two Lumias, including the flagship with the "nice" camera[1]. My wife, who isn't a power user, found it totally inadequate. Other users I know that really wanted to get into it also gave up. MS wasn't just late, they just bungled everything related to running the platform. Which is a shame because the Metro UI is really neat on phones. 1: Camera was able to take nice pics but so slow to actually fire that it turned it to be nearly useless.
    - FussyZeus 10y ago
      I had the Lumia Icon and bought the induction charger (another $50) and it worked alright, except if the phone wasn't aligned perfectly it got frighteningly hot. Microsoft quality I suppose.
  - JamesBarney 10y ago
    Previous windows phone user. I loved the OS, I had a $40 brand new windows phone and I never once ran into any performance problems. Now with a considerably more expensive galaxy s5 I miss the responsiveness of my windows phone. But I sure as heck don't miss that app store. So much crap and so little quality.
    - FussyZeus 10y ago
      The wife and I both had one, I moved to an iPhone (iOS developer, perk from work, woo!) and she's still on the Lumia she had. She's switching as soon as her upgrade is ready. She actually doesn't mind the Store being so lacking (though it's not a selling point for her) but her phone is pure garbage. The thing loses charge inside of 11 hours, after the last software update the camera is crap, and her speaker has gotten progressively quieter over the year and a half or so she's had the thing, which is a problem because she doesn't have great hearing.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  And Microsoft refused to help ISVs that had fake versions floating around the store. Even Netflix had trouble getting fake versions removed. It took several attempts and months before MS permanently fixed it. I contacted several vendors during this time to figure out what was happening. All of them said MS was unhelpful. Even when MS made that "email us about junk" push thru didn't respond to people and kept the junk piling up. Often, the store's own "Top" lists had this crap. Bizarre, and a total waste of goodwill and trust in their new platform.
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duskwuff 10y ago

In early 2013, shortly after the store opened, Microsoft had a thing going where they'd pay developers $100 for every app they published: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4124548/microsoft-paying-developers-cash-for-windows-apps http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4124548/microsoft-paying-d... This was actually a net negative for the store, as it led to the bulk creation of a lot of crappy, low-effort applications, setting up the expectation for users that most of the content in the store was junk, and making legitimate applications harder to find. I wouldn't be surprised if this played a significant role in discouraging developers.

FussyZeus 10y ago
As a Lumia owner for about a year, I totally buy that. The Store was garbage.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  Yep. I have them a shot. Bought two Lumias, including the flagship with the "nice" camera[1]. My wife, who isn't a power user, found it totally inadequate. Other users I know that really wanted to get into it also gave up. MS wasn't just late, they just bungled everything related to running the platform. Which is a shame because the Metro UI is really neat on phones. 1: Camera was able to take nice pics but so slow to actually fire that it turned it to be nearly useless.
  - FussyZeus 10y ago
    I had the Lumia Icon and bought the induction charger (another $50) and it worked alright, except if the phone wasn't aligned perfectly it got frighteningly hot. Microsoft quality I suppose.
- JamesBarney 10y ago
  Previous windows phone user. I loved the OS, I had a $40 brand new windows phone and I never once ran into any performance problems. Now with a considerably more expensive galaxy s5 I miss the responsiveness of my windows phone. But I sure as heck don't miss that app store. So much crap and so little quality.
  - FussyZeus 10y ago
    The wife and I both had one, I moved to an iPhone (iOS developer, perk from work, woo!) and she's still on the Lumia she had. She's switching as soon as her upgrade is ready. She actually doesn't mind the Store being so lacking (though it's not a selling point for her) but her phone is pure garbage. The thing loses charge inside of 11 hours, after the last software update the camera is crap, and her speaker has gotten progressively quieter over the year and a half or so she's had the thing, which is a problem because she doesn't have great hearing.
MichaelGG 10y ago
And Microsoft refused to help ISVs that had fake versions floating around the store. Even Netflix had trouble getting fake versions removed. It took several attempts and months before MS permanently fixed it. I contacted several vendors during this time to figure out what was happening. All of them said MS was unhelpful. Even when MS made that "email us about junk" push thru didn't respond to people and kept the junk piling up. Often, the store's own "Top" lists had this crap. Bizarre, and a total waste of goodwill and trust in their new platform.

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