.NET was available for old versions of Windows, had full capabilities, and could be distributed any way. It caught on. UWP meant dropping support for old Windo

.NET was available for old versions of Windows, had full capabilities, and could be distributed any way. It caught on. UWP meant dropping support for old Windows, you can't even access the filesystem (open a playlist file? Unzip an archive? Open subtitle files? Nah), and you can only publish on Windows Store which nobody visits. It didn't catch on. I feel for the developers at MS building a platform nobody would use. Until this announcement.