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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by naikrovek on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:35PM (#26885156)
it is very much alive, I assure you.

it isn't Google Play, for example, but it is very much in use by both devs and consumers.

avoid using your circle of friends and acquaintances as a barometer of entire ecosystems; that type of comparison will fail you every time.

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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:21AM (#26886008)
>it is very much alive, I assure you.

If that was the case then they wouldn't be "building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort".

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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by pjmlp on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:00AM (#26887450)
It is alive, but definitely not at the level of Android and iOS stores, which is the end goal, to have the store as Windows main package manager.
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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by naikrovek on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:50AM (#26891242)
yes, thank you; you said that far better than I did.

... it's always SUPER clear in my mind when I type the words, but I can never quite communicate correctly.

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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:27PM (#26891783)
Yet you are happy to diss the Apple app store:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097618

Personally I dislike these big companies trying to insert themselves into transactions between myself and my customers and will never support them.

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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by naikrovek on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:52AM (#26891271)
you can renovate a house while it is lived in. why not an app store?

what's so bad about learning what your weaknesses are and then fixing them?

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Re:MSFT is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major ... by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:20PM (#26891692)
Nothing, just don't assume I want to come and live with you when it's done though.
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