It's fucking sad. This is exactly how the MS Store looked 10 years ago when Windows 8 came out. How has it not changed at all? These assholes don't seem to have a clue why nobody wants to use their store. Maybe someone at Microsoft should actually try using their products. The poor employees have buggy shit dogfooded to them all the time, while I bet all the C-levels and other execs have Apple shit for work and home.
It's kinda good too. It makes the store unviable and thus makes local installations still a very legit requirement. Which leads to less Microsoft control over what you do with your PC, and more user freedom. It also means using your computer without a Microsoft account is still a thing.
If it had really taken off they could be free to block installers like iOS does. Or at least make it difficult to do so like macOS.
It’s bad in that the app confusion happens on malicious websites that try to game search results. The consequences of installing a sketchy sandboxed app from the Windows Store can be significantly less severe than the consequences of installing a sketchy traditional app.
