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Is it me, or does it sound a bit bloated: > It now includes automatic app updates, Windows installers, crash reporting, notifications, and other useful native

Is it me, or does it sound a bit bloated: > It now includes automatic app updates, Windows installers, crash reporting, notifications, and other useful native app features * automatic app updates : We have distribution repositories for this. * windows installers: Doesn't window have it's own like app store now (market something?) * notifications: which we already had on all major OSs for years.

RobAley 12y ago
Obviously you don't have to use any of those features, they won't slow your app down just by being available (maybe a tiny overhead in distributed code size, but meh). - auto updates : primarily useful for commercial software that isn't "eligible" for, or chooses not to pay to use, commercial app stores. Or other apps that for whatever reason don't meet the criteria for public repositories and don't want the hassle (for the publisher or consumer) of using a private repo. - Windows installers : same reasoning as above. - Notifications : I believe its a standardised cross-platform api onto the existing system-specific notification apis, not a new notification system.