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Both the App Store and Microsoft Store deal with installs and updates, no need for custom wrappers. Not sure about Linux.
by jiofih 6y ago
Both the App Store and Microsoft Store deal with installs and updates, no need for custom wrappers. Not sure about Linux.
- davej 6y agoEnd-users are still more familiar with a download link on a website for a exe/dmg installer on desktop. You also need to need to redo your subscription/payments to support the stores and give a percentage of your revenue to Apple/Microsoft. On mobile you have no option but on desktop it's hard to justify giving up so much of your profit margin when there's a popular alternative. BTW, Linux has the Snap Store.
- jiofih 6y agoHmm I really don’t think so. You might be thinking of tech people, not the general public.
- heavyset_go 6y agoAll of the non-technical people I know are capable of installing software on desktop computers without using app stores.
- hanniabu 6y agoI have a mac laptop and windows desktop and I never use the app stores.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoI have used each of them exactly once. In both cases, it was to purchase an OS upgrade.
- jiofih 6y agoYou’re the HN audience.