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Microsoft announced that, starting today, individual Windows developers will no longer have to pay for publishing their applications on the Microsoft Store.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They are 15-years too late to try to get people on their store.

I remember when it first came out, you couldn't even put normal programs on it. Only the new Metro apps...that flopped. Ah, how I had hoped at the time it would be like Linux's repos, a one-stop-shop to update everything.

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

There is an official linux like package manager for windows called winget but its targeted at system administrators and not at the typical enduser.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This. They know it too. They embraced winget as a natural consequence.