Hot take though, the unvetted exe downloads of Windows is why it gets such a bad rep for viruses. We really so need more of a repository system like Linux has. Normal people can't be trusted to install their own software

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Microsoft tried, they have the Windows Store and certain programs push you to use it, but UWP is an absolute disaster both from a user and a developer perspective so nobody wants that.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Microsoft took a good idea (software repositories) and turned it into a bad idea (software repository controlled by microsoft and you're not allowed to add/install/validate other repositories).

They could have built (hell, even USED) apt, but they built Store.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

The issue IMO was its walled garden ecosystem.