Chime in: What does the future hold for the Microsoft Store and UWP apps?

Apps and the technology that brings them to us are constantly changing. For most, this isn't likewise big of a deal, and high demand keeps our favorite offerings up-to-engagement and widely available. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case within the Windows ecosystem. We've seen endless Windows 10 Mobile apps drop support and shut upwards shop, and there are quite a few Windows 10 apps that as well seem to suffer the same fate.

Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, those that piece of work beyond devices in the Windows ecosystem, still seem like office of an answer to the app gap ― developers can reach a much wider audience without having to build five or six different apps ― just even they've taken a bit of a dorsum seat to the emerging Progressive Web Apps (PWA) that operate through a browser like Microsoft Border.

Windows Fundamental forum member Ed the new guy recently created a thread in our Windows 10 hub asking what the future holds for the Microsoft Shop afterwards seeing a favorite app finish support in a country where Windows is the dominant Os.

ED the new guy
04-28-2018 10:43 AM

Windows Fundamental has spilled a lot of digital ink on the field of study of Windows Shop (does anyone call it Microsoft Store?). Some of the stories are realistic only many await to a brilliant future. The i Windows Store app that I _actually_ use recently announced that it shortly volition be pulled from Windows store. It'south called "Uitzending Gemist" (merely available in the Dutch shop) and is an app that...
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Ed the new guy surmises that the app developers took a good long expect at statistics and saw that usage doesn't match up with Android and iOS, not making it worth the continued Windows back up. This led to the line of thought that the Microsoft Shop, as information technology exists now, might not have much of a future if things go on this way. In a reply to the original mail PWAs are mentioned, and indeed their success will help the Microsoft Store equally long as it stays on top of indexing the latest and greatest.

What do you think about the hereafter of the Microsoft Store? Is the proper indexing of PWAs a fundamental to future success? Volition UWP apps remain in the mix? Does the store even need to offer apps to remain relevant? Drop by the thread and share your stance!

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