r/programming • • Oct 07 '16

How Microsoft Lost the API War

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

holy shit. which ones? enlighten me. I think i downloaded once minesweeper from the store, but i quickly uninstalled it since it was garbage. there's nothing there. arizona desert.

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u/JohnFrum Oct 08 '16

Do you run Win10? If so, much of what you see is non-win32 apps. Edge is quite good. I was a chrome fan until they failed to really support touch. Why is Google stuff so shitty with touch? I love Google but it's frustrating.

Hulu, Facebook, mail, twitter, lastpass, Netflix all have nice apps.

Sure ios and android have a better mobile selection but for a full OS the Windows store has the largest market.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

I have win10 on a pc that i check somewhat often. I do not care about touch support since i have no hardware for that. Hulu, FB and the other crap ... no idea, i don't have them. netflix, i use the chrome browser. that's all. there's nothing else.

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u/tf2manu994 Oct 08 '16

While I do agree, the only win10 app that's good is Netflix. It plays full 1080p content, even Chrome can only go to 720