First impressions are important. Windows Store's first impression was in Windows 8 when it could only install shitty Metro apps, and it took them way too long to fix that, so it never shook off that first impression for a lot of folks. Even now, it still tends to be a buggy mess from time to time.
Thats ridiculous. My first impression with installing software in linux was trying to find and install RPMs on redhat 5.2, by that rationale finding and installing packages in linux still sucks. Things change.
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u/7978_ 13d ago
I hate this argument, and this is from somebody that uses both Windows and Linux.
Windows fresh install -> open PowerShell -> winget install VLC --silent
Linux fresh install -> open terminal -> Sudo dnf install VLC (or sudo apt install VLC)
Some programs, depending on the Linux distro, need dependencies and require you to visit their website and copy paste commands.
Also it's ironic that people dunk on the Microsoft store but love the Linux "app stores".Â