I'd imagine it's more that Microsoft takes a smaller cut if they come to the store via krita.org versus finding it through the store itself, so they don't want to give that up.
Krita on Windows' store costs (I think) around 10 dollars. Directly from Krita's site, 0 dollars. Windows has a similar policy as Apple that the app creators cannot tell the users on the store page to go somewhere else to get it cheaper/free.
The commenter above was making a slightly different point. Some digital stores take a large cut if the user finds the app organically while browsing their Store, vs if they came to the store page from a link on the owner's site.
The former means Windows helped the user find the app, whereas the latter means the author did and Microsoft is just providing a way for the user to download the app.
Which stores? Does the Microsoft store work this way? When you respond to a specific and pointed question with theoretical knowledge of how things "could work," it just starts to muddy the waters.
But what if the user literally just enters the apps name in the search. In this case the app store only played the negligible role of an trivial looking indeed. Is it really reasonable to then thanks a larger cut?
Edit: but then the cut for extremely driven aquisation is 5% which compared to some other stores is really low. So I really shouldn't complain ;)
That was implied ever since Microsoft decided to make Windows 10 free or at a very low cost to a majority of users. And, why not, as long as their fee is not outrageous for application developers and they don't restrict the users' ability to install software from other sources.
Most people either upgraded for free to a new version (the same operation was paid before), or get Windows through a subsidized OEM version. Subsidized is pretty clear: you pay less, in exchange for something else.
> varying price is something I would expect from airlines, not from respectable business.
Why should we expect a software company to be more ethical, for varying definitions of ethical, than an airline company?
Free upgrade from paid product to paid product. Still paying yet product.
I question wisdom of the original term. What if "shut up and take money" is not enough? If so was it on purpose or by accident? First time in my life I think of conspiracy theories.
My take on catchy phrases:
- You are a product for for-profit
- You are a product if don't fight for your freedoms
