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They don't have a great track record, but so far it seems to be working out this time - our indie apps get about one million downloads per month from the Store,
by ductionist 9y ago
They don't have a great track record, but so far it seems to be working out this time - our indie apps get about one million downloads per month from the Store, and 95% of those are on desktop. If Microsoft can get more household name apps (like iTunes) into their store then I think it'll happen. Windows 10 S will help too.
- endorphone 9y agoCould I ask what apps they are? A million a month is a remarkable number for a store where a heavily featured app (the Fitbit app) has five reviews worldwide, and where I can't find a single app with more than triple digit reviews. All indications right now is that the Store remains a disaster. This could be an uninformed assessment (for instance maybe reviews are not made intuitive, etc), but if there is alternative information I'd love to hear it. The Windows desktop right now seems....stratified and solidified. People know what they run on their desktop and on the new install they install Chrome, Office, 7zip, etc, and that's it. There seems to be very little interest in discovery of new options.