4/16/2023 0 Comments App store for windowsMicrosoft's leadership wants to push Windows 10 into the modern computing space that includes Chromebooks, tablets used for work, and lightweight computing. I'd argue that the people at Microsoft initially wanted to make money and to be a massive marketplace extended across all form factors, but that has shifted towards my last two points. Is the Microsoft Store intended to be a consistent revenue stream for Microsoft? Is it meant to be a driving force pushing developers to make true UWP apps? Is it meant to be a safe and secure way for users to get applications from developers both large and small? Or is it supposed to become the home of enough applications to make "Windows 10 Lite" (or "Santorini") and Windows 10 in S Mode viable alternatives for casual consumers? That obviously hasn't happened, so in that specific measurement of success, I'd say the Microsoft Store is a failure.īut that's only one way to look at it. In an ideal world for those in Redmond, the Microsoft Store would have turned into a popular marketplace for apps on all form factors and would have driven the company's efforts from mobile to Mixed Reality forward. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only is the Microsoft Store difficult to compare as a whole to any of its competition, it is also complicated because what would be considered "successful" isn't clearly defined for the Microsoft Store.
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