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Unpopular opinion: Everyone is talking about abusive corporations, but it’s clear to me this rule exists to prevent abusive customers. Without it the store wou
by corysama 8y ago
Unpopular opinion: Everyone is talking about abusive corporations, but it’s clear to me this rule exists to prevent abusive customers. Without it the store would be full of listings to the effect of
“See how awesome my app is! But, don’t be stupid enough to buy it here! Go to my website and use coupon code ‘LOLTHXMS’ to get it there for 5% off!”
effectively turning the store into a cost-free advertising platform. You might think Krita is special and deserves an exception. But, you know what happens when you make a very visible exception to one free customer among ten thousand free customers...
- EamonnMR 8y agoUsing the rules of your app store to drive other distribution methods out still seems abusive.
- amf12 8y agoNo, the terms do not say that you can't sell or provide your app for free anywhere else. They say that you can't link to other distribution methods on the Microsoft app listing page. It would be similar to compare it to a product being sold on Amazon that says go to our website and get it for 10% discount. I'm sure Amazon won't allow that.
- iamcreasy 8y ago>effectively turning the store into a cost-free advertising platform. Sigh. It happened the other way around. Microsoft wanted Krita and Inkscape on the Windows Store. They approached the developers to make it happen. You can read more about it here: https://krita.org/en/item/krita-available-from-the-windows-store/ https://krita.org/en/item/krita-available-from-the-windows-s...