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First Microsoft has to get every app on the windows store, then they have to get people to start using it and then they cut off external software sources or mak
by hegz 8y ago
First Microsoft has to get every app on the windows store, then they have to get people to start using it and then they cut off external software sources or make it hard to do like requiring power shell to enable.
Its obvious this is the long term plan for MS. Apple has already shown people will buy locked down systems.
- r3bl 8y agoThey don't need to do any of that. Chromebooks became a thing without having a lot of software available on the platform. Microsoft already followed the footsteps with Windows 10 S. And they're the first major OS that's taking advantage of Progressive Web Apps and adding them to their store, removing the need to build Windows-only software completely while still offering "native" experience: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/pwa https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/pwa I personally think that Microsoft learned their lessons with Windows 10 Mobile and that they're going to excel at being a competitor to Chromebooks.
- twblalock 8y agoIt's not obvious at all. They haven't cracked down on external software sources and I doubt they are stupid enough to believe they could get away with such a thing if they tried. It would be a dealbreaker for business users in particular. I think the more plausible explanation is that Microsoft wrote the store because users expect to have one on mobile devices (i.e. Surface) and Windows 8 was an attempt at tablet-PC convergence.