So why corrupt the Web? Why not just tell people to install the app?
First, the app only works on Windows 8/8.1/10 and a lot of people are still running earlier versions of Windows.
Second, many of the people running Windows 8/8.1/10 know so little about apps that they're "against" them.
Re:Save Firefox
by stcredzero on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @08:20PM
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First, the app only works on Windows 8/8.1/10 and a lot of people are still running earlier versions of Windows.
Why not port it to Windows 7?
Windows 7 doesn't provide the Windows Runtime infrastructure to support sandboxed, remotely-maintained, universal apps. They'd have to write a new desktop program, and that's pretty unlikely.
Maybe, but Netflix isn't some little 2-bit company, they're huge and definitely have the resources to build a new program. Now obviously, building a new desktop program to support a dying OS might not make that much sense, but if the customers demand it, Netflix can do it.
They don't need to build a desktop program for Windows 7 when they can show video in a browser.
The advantage of building a Universal app using Windows Runtime is that it will run on Windows 8/8.1/10, Xbox One and Windows Phone. That's more than half a billion users....
Even understanding them doesn't make you necessarily 'for' them!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/netflix/9wzdncrfj...