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Windows 8, And The App Problem


Discorded Bluenote

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Now, my previous entry on this was about common complaints.

 

This will be about the app store.

 

Now, Microsoft accounts must be registered on your Win 8 Computer in order to download apps. That is one barrier, but small at best.

 

The actual barrier, is the apps themselves.

 

See, programs have been on the rampage ever since the first one came out. Some programs are more popular than others.

 

And soon, mobiles like the Ipod came out with their stores.

 

And Microsoft is like, "Oh no! Apple has phones AND an iOS! We have to compete against them!"

 

And the Windows Phone came. They were generally accepted (Correct me if wrong,) and people used them decently. But the Apple products kept selling more.

 

Then Microsoft is like, "This isn't working! We need something like a tablet, but a computer...that's IT!"

 

So work began on a computer iOS named Windows 8.

 

In order to compete with the tablet and phone market, they had to copy them, it seems.

 

And so, the Windows Store was born. (Alas, The Win 8 Store and Win Phone Store isn't merged. ;-; )

 

So Win 8 was released. Everyone started ranting for pros or cons.

 

And all those opening their start screens for the first time...

 

"An APP STORE??"

 

The apps went from Facebook Touch to to-do lists, and everything between.

 

And they weren't very popular.

 

Many apps are buggy, boring, liers, and scams. Star ratings are misleading. Searches are sorted by the wrong things.

 

It was chaos.

 

I'm not going to download one more app.

 

My Start Screen is fine. So is my Desktop.

 

So what is the problem?

 

The Mobile Movement. Microsoft decided to rival Apple. That's what started all this crap.

 

Third Octavia

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My understanding of all this is that Microsoft is planning to unify everything into one system (even as far as trying-to-axe Windows RT in favor of x86 tablets this year).  It's not a bad idea but I'm sure Apple already has an edge on that.

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Hahahahaahahaha App Stores can suck my god damn dick. OSX also has an app store which is mostly empty and stupid. I avoid it like the plague. I do not believe either app stores will be ever connected to their mobile counter parts. There would be too much work on the app developers part to make them work on a desktop computer.

 

My only complaint is that they kept the old desktop. Now it just feels like a shitty tablet UX bolted on top of the boring Windows Desktop. I don't think I'll ever use windows for anything other than games that I am forced to use. After using mac osx/linux windows just grosses me out lol.

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I have this app store thingy that lets me search for and download whatever programs I need. It also has accurate reviews for all of them, from multiple sources. I can also shop around, looking for the cheapest place to buy a program, or similar programs.

It's called a web browser :)

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I have this app store thingy that lets me search for and download whatever programs I need. It also has accurate reviews for all of them, from multiple sources. I can also shop around, looking for the cheapest place to buy a program, or similar programs. It's called a web browser

 

This.

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