Windows Store is basically a failure
Microsoft has built its app store (Windows Store) since the release of the Windows 8 system, trying to provide users with a more secure software environment through strict control.
For example, if every application wants to be put on the shelf, it needed to be registered by the developer and submitted to Microsoft for review. After Microsoft audit is successful, it can be downloaded by users.
At the same time, Microsoft also uses financial incentives to promote more developers to develop applications for the system, Microsoft itself also needs to hire a large number of employees for testing.
The peak period is from 2014 to 2016:
After analysing the relevant legal dispute documents of Microsoft employees, the mspoweruser websites found that after the peak period of application reached during the above period, they began to decline gradually.
The continued decline in the number of applications made it unnecessary for Microsoft to hire so many testers, so Microsoft began to dismiss many temporary workers and examiners.
The January 2017 memo from foreign media shows that Microsoft has reported that the number of applications submitted has dropped from a peak of 1.1 million in 2014 to around 143,000.
Financial incentives also spawn a lot of garbage applications:
Microsoft’s first financial incentives did attract a lot of developers’ attention, but to reward many developers, they submitted a lot of crude applications.
Most of these applications are not deleted after users download or download, and Microsoft has noticed that this situation has gradually phased out financial incentives.
The consequence of cancelling financial incentives is that developers are gradually abandoning the platform, especially after the WP platform is dying progressively and developers can escape the platform faster.
This situation is also more apparent after Windows 10:
The transition from Windows 8 to Windows 10 is very fast, but now the app store only has Microsoft itself to maintain a more active update.
Many well-known companies have already released applications in the Windows 10 app store, and other small and medium-sized developers have ignored Windows 10.
And now that Microsoft is rolling out PWA progressive web applications, this web-based application is currently being acclaimed by Microsoft and Google.
PWA is much simpler than traditional APP development, but the experience may not be as good as the native APP. You can also pay attention to PWA in the future.
Via: mspoweruser
