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Re:Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Reve... by opencl on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:20PM (#19321752)
There is something more to it: Slack is really popular and MS really wanted it on the store so they let them ignore the rule.
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Re:Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Reve... by WorldMaker on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:37PM (#19321934)
Slack isn't the only Electron app in the MS Store. There's an entire guide on building Electron apps for the Store:

https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/windows-store-guide

Microsoft devs have even contributed to the tool mentioned in that article (and Microsoft is listed in the MIT license copyright statement):

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/electron-windows-store

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Re:Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Reve... by burtonator on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:50PM (#19322632)
The "more to it" is covered in the article.

They don't want things 'browsing the web' without you being forced to use MS Edge.

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