Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores

Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by Macha on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:57AM (#23575139)

I opened the Microsoft Store and had a look at the top 50 items in "most popular". It includes items with such mainstream appeal as the Windows Terminal, Ubuntu 20.04 and the VMWare client.

The most popular app is Roblox. It has 164 reviews. The second most popular app is Spotify. It has 57 reviews. On Android, it has 19 million reviews. Their Android TV app even has 200. The item with the most reviews is Minecraft, with 1000 reviews. On Android it has 3.5 million.

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by ImprobableTruth on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:18AM (#23575339)

I think they only show reviews from people in your region. I can see 325 reviews on Spotify, 15k reviews on Minecraft.

The author of krita mentioned in this thread that their revenue is 50/50 steam and windows store, so it can't be that bad.

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by sct202 on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:49AM (#23575631)

The Microsoft store also lets you install free apps with out logging in (if you keep clicking out from the login prompts) so it's probably also harder to get reviews.

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