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Microsoft finally acknowledges that the Windows Store has a bunch of crap apps


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Microsoft's Windows Store has plenty of quality apps that can enhance your productivity or allow you to pass some time with engaging games. But, on the other side of the coin, there are also tons of apps that are straight up scams and all they do is take your money and provide no value at all.



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For example, if you search VLC, a popular media player, you will find several options, and it is not clear which app is the official product. More so, if you click on the wrong one, it will cost you $2.49 to download an 'app' that provides you with a download link to the desktop application. There is no value for this app and yet Microsoft has let it through its filters and is live in the Windows Store.



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The story of the Windows Store has been making its way around the web for sometime, and the conversation was reignited after How-To Geeks dug deep into the Windows Store and uncovered quite a few apps parading around as official applications. Really, though, this is nothing new, as the Windows Phone store has had the same quality issue as well. But, Microsoft is finally starting to acknowledge that there is room for improvement in its stores:



"We strive to make the Windows Store a high-quality experience for customers and also accessible to the broadest audience of developers. Based on customer and developer feedback, we recently took actions to help users discover the specific app titles they’re searching for and improve the overall Store experience. Those updates provide clear guidance to developers and also improve our ability to identify, audit and remove problematic apps. We recognize that there is more work to do and will continue to re-evaluate our policies to strike a balance between the opportunity for developers and the app quality that our customers expect."



The real proof will come when there is considerable change to the store to remove all of the apps that try to deceive users, but for now, Microsoft is at least acknowledging the issue. Of course, for Microsoft, it's a numbers game too as they want to be able to say that they have X number of apps in their stores as they compete against Google and Apple. But, if your entire store is mostly filled with garbage, is it better to say that you have a small quantity of quality apps, or an even larger quantity of crappy apps?



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:welcome: to Windows Store, the place where you pay $$$ for a :shit: link to the official webpage of the FREE program that you want!

And only today we have a special offer, you pay for 2 app's and get ONLY one!! :clap:

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I think the windows store for a desktop or laptop pc is useless; I would never use it even if I am someone who would pay, such stores are for pads or mobiles and does not suit PC users at all least not at home

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they need to fix their app store bery badly. i thought i would pick a app that i install that is free and see what i cvome up with through the app store, so i search for the k-lite codec pack and what i was presented with was one by a different company for i think it was 12.95. pissed me off big time. so i won't be using their app store.

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MidnightDistortions

Exactly why i couldn't be bothered with the start screen or MS store. At least Google play isn't filled with this kind of stuff, sure they got crap apps as well but i had no problem evading them either.

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Exactly why i couldn't be bothered with the start screen or MS store. At least Google play isn't filled with this kind of stuff, sure they got crap apps as well but i had no problem evading them either.

blaming the start screen for the mess microsour made of their app store is like blaming a brick wall for hitting you when you're the one that ran into it.

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I think the windows store for a desktop or laptop pc is useless; I would never use it even if I am someone who would pay, such stores are for pads or mobiles and does not suit PC users at all least not at home

I agree 101%, never used or intended to...

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MidnightDistortions

Exactly why i couldn't be bothered with the start screen or MS store. At least Google play isn't filled with this kind of stuff, sure they got crap apps as well but i had no problem evading them either.

blaming the start screen for the mess microsour made of their app store is like blaming a brick wall for hitting you when you're the one that ran into it.

When did i say i fell for the crap apps or that i blamed the start screen for it? I didn't download the app/touch version of VLC media player or was gullible enough to pay for it when i already have the desktop version that i can download directly from the developer's site. In fact i don't even use W8 so how could i run into something like a brick wall when i avoided it or run into problems with the Windows store when i don't have W8? The start screen was enough to deter me away from using W8 in the first place.

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