Microsoft hits out at Apple with its new Windows app store policies
theverge.com
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On the other hand, competition in this space is good.
It’s worth remembering that Microsoft has 87% of the Desktop/Laptop market share. They are still far more of a monopolist than Apple.
“The software giant has published 10 principles it’s adopting as promises to app developers, including that it won’t block competing stores on the platform or block specific business models an app may use to make money.
The principles also cover Microsoft holding its own apps to the same standards as competing apps and a commitment to “charge reasonable fees” that are reflective of rival app stores on Windows. Microsoft also says it won’t block apps on Windows based on a developer’s choice of in-app payment systems”
So, on the tablet market, they are quite different from Apple.
I wonder what they would say if they still had a smartphone product.
So this is really no different from the Mac.
We’ll also see how these rules are interpreted. A lot of issues with Apple is not the rules and principles themselves, but rather the interpretations.