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Comment by nitwit005 | Hacker News Reader

Outside of XBox, Minecraft, and journalists trying it out, I don't think I've heard of anyone using the Microsoft store.

The Wikipedia page has quite the description of the view from within Microsoft:

> Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's gaming division, has also opined that Microsoft Store "sucks". As a result, Office was removed as an installable app from the store, and made to redirect to its website.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Store

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I actually use the Microsoft store before looking elsewhere for software. It’s basically a package manager with a minimal jank. It’s there on a new install and it works. It sucks that they don’t let you add other sources though.

Having an app from an exe installer sucks because you have to update it manually, or, it uses resources while you’re using it to check for updates. With the windows store I can update everything at once and don’t need a million individual update checks on startup.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/wi...

https://chocolatey.org

https://scoop.sh

Just in case you don’t know about these. :)

Do you need a Microsoft account to use the store?

Can you use Windows without a Microsoft account?

Yes. At least in 11 Pro installs, you can just say you'll be joining to a domain, create a local admin account and never actually join it. Then to create other users you can do it via the command line, or probably through the GUI after telling it you don't want one a couple of times

Yes? I use my Windows 11 with a local account, no microsoft account involved.

Because games are on the XBox app store, not Microsoft store.

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