Ive been using a third party installer for probably 15 years.
It is very hard to beat ninite.com for installing everything at once on a new pc.
It is very hard to beat ninite.com for installing everything at once on a new pc.
This is directed at predatory SEO sites that unofficially bundle Firefox installers with adware for example.
And for that matter Action1 is likely better if I am doing this on a regular basis.
Honestly Microsoft's biggest miss is not having a GUI for it. (The Windows Store does act as a software source for it, but the primary software source is separate and much larger without the Windows Store overhang.)
If they implemented 1. An Apt like interface (it's kinda not amazing as is) and 2. a GUI, it could see mass adoption overnight. As long as they don't fuck it up or be overbearing on who gets to be included. And no paid software should be listed by default; at least not without a trial and a warning that it's paid software.
Something that's been on my mind in terms of user reporting is while firefox puts a large emphasis on privacy, what proportion of the userbase conceal their user agent and disable/minimize telemetry