Nothing is stopping Microsoft from having a web presence that people use to purchase things at. Apple might be going a bit overboard to force their payment syst

Nothing is stopping Microsoft from having a web presence that people use to purchase things at. Apple might be going a bit overboard to force their payment system as the "one true payment system", but it's also a lot better for the average user in most cases, which is what Apple builds for. They don't support many corner cases. Android does. Nobody is forcing you to have an app on iOS right? Also, the process for setting up a dev account on Apple is far more pleasant than for the Windows 8 store. Also, Microsoft won't even let you publish Metro apps outside of the MSFT store, so who are they to complain about vendor lock in or requiring a cut of purchases and such?