Prima facie, a one-stop, secure, official (paid Microsoft employees working on it) source for binary downloads seems like it has plenty of value for end users.

Prima facie, a one-stop, secure, official (paid Microsoft employees working on it) source for binary downloads seems like it has plenty of value for end users. I'd be interested in knowing why keeping the Windows Store around and having a secondary package list for winget that most people don't use is a better paradigm.