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Windows Microsoft Store Adds Support for Alternate App Stores Like Epic Games

RyanNSkolnick said:
Am I the only one who thinks this would be good for Apple? One of Apple's strongest arguments is that their walled garden allows for real choice in the market: seekers of open platforms can choose Android, seekers of closed platforms can choose iOS. Doesn't Microsoft's move just confirm that there is plenty of choice in the digital app market?
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No, because Microsoft is no longer in the smartphone business and this is the area of the main complain against Apple and Google.
 
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“Apple has argued that third-party app stores or sideloading apps would compromise the privacy and security of iOS devices.”
Apple…. Then design it. You have own hardware and software. You have full access to do so vs hiding behind it (I know it is very hard) but somehow Microsoft is doing it now. Is MS becoming better then Apple in this specific area?
 
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Smoke and mirrors. It is meant to sound like they are opening up their platform, but this is a lateral move that they know won’t make much difference. If they controlled the hardware, they would have a completely different approach.
 
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Microsoft money cow is not an App Store. all they care is you use office 365 and Azure. therefore, they can afford to do this. Eventually government will say Microsoft is a monopoly. split Office to a separate company. just like they are saying to Facebook to split instagram.
 
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Microsoft has been through anti-trust and monopoly in the 1990s.

Everyone has to do it now or do it eventually. They know the writing on the wall for the industry.
 
Since MS isn't involved with smartphones, just concerns Windows App Store, knowing you're not restricted to the App Store on MacOS as lots of us buy application/utilities via web sites, is this really anything more than PR? :)
 
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There are already alternative app stores on android like f-droid which is for free and open source software
 
If Epic can have the App Store on Microsoft and Google then they don't need to bother with Apple!
Stick with those two and stop being such pathetic cry baby's Epic!
 
ruka.snow said:
Gotta wonder what the angle is here. Microsoft doesn’t do things out of the goodness of their hearts so this is likely a long burner to prop up the case against Apple and Google so before we know it we need the Microsoft store to download Office and while your there you might as well buy games and other apps from them and suddenly Microsoft are relevant in the mobile space and can try pushing Windows Phone again.
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This will probably be the primary way for users to install Android apps which is one of the Windows 11 tent poles.
 
On one hand, platform companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Valve should not have full autonomy over how the apps are priced, sold, and distributed.

On the other hand, platforms should be secure, private, and trustworthy. To me, an ideal compromise is letting platform companies continue to set certain rules, approve which apps can run on their platform, and distribute the apps while opening up to alternate payment service (for greater pricing flexibility) and direct customer support options.
 
ruka.snow said:
Gotta wonder what the angle is here. Microsoft doesn’t do things out of the goodness of their hearts so this is likely a long burner to prop up the case against Apple and Google so before we know it we need the Microsoft store to download Office and while your there you might as well buy games and other apps from them and suddenly Microsoft are relevant in the mobile space and can try pushing Windows Phone again.
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No company does things out of the kindness of their heart though. The push is so that they can get Xbox and Office 365 subscriptions direct to consumers through an ios/MacOS product without losing 30% of the payment.
 
RyanNSkolnick said:
I would call Windows many things. Secure is not one of them
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i feel more secure web browsing on a Dell XPS windows 10
than MacBook safari, and have more porn ads, malware pop up
and others ads on the MBAir that the Dell blocks from sport websites and normal browsing.
Windows has made vast improvements in their software recently, to my amazement.
 
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thejadedmonkey said:
Microsoft proved years ago that you can make a secure OS without having to lock down the application distribution model. All Apple does is try to keep their cash cow making money.
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Windows is a secure OS? Whut? :oops: Do you know how many ransomware attacks we had last year? My employer is actually banning unmanaged Windows machines because of that.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
I'm not deflecting it - I just note a tinge of finger pointing here at MS -- all too often -- somewhat insinuating that Apple has any moral high ground to stand on (of which they have none).
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You are deflecting. Pointing out that it's just a PR move isn't insinuating anything about Apple. That's just you being defensive.
 
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