And Linux has AppImage. However, it is the common convention that is important here and for decades Windows convention has been application installers. > But I

And Linux has AppImage. However, it is the common convention that is important here and for decades Windows convention has been application installers. > But I see no reason to hold up what AFAIK is the shrinking 3rd place in computing (behind cloud and mobile) as evidence. Servers and phones install software too. Ok, let's look at mobile... which uses self contained applications. Huh. How about server... where things like VMs and Docker are increasingly popular because they allow self-contained services. Hell, even developers use Docker to create self-contained build environments. Regardless, I don't think what servers do is very applicable to how desktops should work. Mobile is much more applicable because they are personal devices, like desktops, but they are still a distinct entity with different use cases.