I have not looked for stats but I’d love to see what the actual usage of the Microsoft Store is. I know I have never found a use for it and went as far as disabling the MS Store via GPO because I got tired of seeing it and for learning experience.
I have never found a reason, for myself, where I would need to use the MS Store… ever.
Meh, there are a few decent apps on there I use where the distribution is easier or solely through the MS Store. EarTrumpet for better audio management from the taskbar, PaintDotNet, Custom Context Menu for Win11 to add context menu entries. Maybe a few others. It’s not something I open often but it’s not entirely without use. It would probably be better if it wasn’t full of garbage apps/books/etc
not sure about the android stuff but MS store has good functionality in certain instances. For example, if you have a Bluetooth xbox controller that’s acting up you can use the Microsoft Xbox controller app to sort it out really easily/intuitively.
Also works great for getting subsystem for Linux OS installs without a lot of fuss provided your machine is capable.
For example, if you have a Bluetooth xbox controller that’s acting up you can use the Microsoft Xbox controller app to sort it out really easily/intuitively.
Just did that this week to get a new controller set up with my Steamdeck, works great.
I have not looked for stats but I’d love to see what the actual usage of the Microsoft Store is. I know I have never found a use for it and went as far as disabling the MS Store via GPO because I got tired of seeing it and for learning experience.
I have never found a reason, for myself, where I would need to use the MS Store… ever.
Meh, there are a few decent apps on there I use where the distribution is easier or solely through the MS Store. EarTrumpet for better audio management from the taskbar, PaintDotNet, Custom Context Menu for Win11 to add context menu entries. Maybe a few others. It’s not something I open often but it’s not entirely without use. It would probably be better if it wasn’t full of garbage apps/books/etc
I have rarely used it.
I used it for some Microsoft product that you had to buy to be able to view the thumbnails of iPhone pictures natively in Windows Explorer.
I also used it for setting up WSL with Ubuntu or some other Linux Distro.
not sure about the android stuff but MS store has good functionality in certain instances. For example, if you have a Bluetooth xbox controller that’s acting up you can use the Microsoft Xbox controller app to sort it out really easily/intuitively.
Also works great for getting subsystem for Linux OS installs without a lot of fuss provided your machine is capable.
Just did that this week to get a new controller set up with my Steamdeck, works great.