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it is very much alive, I assure you. it isn't Google Play, for example, but it is very much in use by both devs and consumers. avoid using your circle of frie
by naikrovek 6y ago
it is very much alive, I assure you.
it isn't Google Play, for example, but it is very much in use by both devs and consumers.
avoid using your circle of friends and acquaintances as a barometer of entire ecosystems; that type of comparison will fail you every time.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago>it is very much alive, I assure you. If that was the case then they wouldn't be "building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort".
- pjmlp 6y agoIt is alive, but definitely not at the level of Android and iOS stores, which is the end goal, to have the store as Windows main package manager.
- naikrovek 6y agoyes, thank you; you said that far better than I did. ... it's always SUPER clear in my mind when I type the words, but I can never quite communicate correctly.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoYet you are happy to diss the Apple app store: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097618 Personally I dislike these big companies trying to insert themselves into transactions between myself and my customers and will never support them.
- naikrovek 6y agoyou can renovate a house while it is lived in. why not an app store? what's so bad about learning what your weaknesses are and then fixing them?
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoNothing, just don't assume I want to come and live with you when it's done though.