If only they did this while Windows Phone was still a thing, maybe (and a big MAYBE) it would have fared better in terms of developer engagement compared to iOS and Android.
Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share
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Re: Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share
#112That's cool... assuming you can get in: https://getpolarized.io/2019/02/28/dear-app-stores-dont-bloc... I found out that our app was crushed after 2 weeks of development. Basically, they won't let us in because we use Electron. Electron is developed in part (primarily) due to Github which they now own. TWO WEEKS I spent porting to the MS App Store only to have them just crush us ... It's great that I can make 95% of…
Hi, I'm a Microsoft employee and own the certification for apps. Electron is allowed. I checked with my team it. The failure is related to browsing capabilities which have to comply with 10.2.1.
Definitely thanks for following up.
We were eventually approved!!! so if you had any impact here I really really appreciate it!
Re: Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share
#113That's cool... assuming you can get in: https://getpolarized.io/2019/02/28/dear-app-stores-dont-bloc... I found out that our app was crushed after 2 weeks of development. Basically, they won't let us in because we use Electron. Electron is developed in part (primarily) due to Github which they now own. TWO WEEKS I spent porting to the MS App Store only to have them just crush us ... It's great that I can make 95% of…
This strikes me as a very deceptive post - I hope not intentionally. They aren't rejecting your code because you use Electron. They are rejecting your code because you use Electron to browse the web. To see why this is a bad idea, one only has to look so far as the third post currently on the from page of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321775 Do you think that microsoft can reasonably rely on this patch b…
Yes.. I disclose this in the post that I linked to...
It's not even a disclosure. I don't claim it's because they're blocking electron apps as a blanket.