There are certain pieces of software like Putty, 7-Zip, Arduino Studio, Inkscape, Plex, and Notepad++ where I'd like to always have the latest version. A few of those are in the store and keep themselves up to date.
> Dont you want that control?
Not really. There's quite a few pieces of software I want to run the latest versions of for security reasons (e.g. 7-Zip and Putty), some where finding the latest Windows installer is tedious (e.g. Gimp) others updated so infrequently that I forget to check (e.g. Inkscape), and others that are updated so frequently that it feels like I'm always running installers (e.g. Notepad++). Plus I use no less than 4 different computers with that software and it is a paint to make sure they're all updated. I'd rather just let them get managed in the background.
I can understand your reasoning with all of those computers.
My question is specifically referring to something like uTorrent, that was so great for so long then jumped the shark. It actually became much less secure, and there are many examples of this happening all over the web.
That's a valid point and I do not recall doing the same with uTorrent. However I eventually grew to not trust the older version I was running after a number of security notices about the App. I eventually just gave up on it entirely because I couldn't trust the old one and didn't want the new one.
I'm not advocating that Apps be available exclusively in the store, just that I enjoy the convenience of the store for maintaining updates and would like them to be there. To your point I would also like to be able to install them outside of the store.
I think the reality is that doing autoupdates the way Firefox and Chrome handle them is hard. Most small projects can't be bothered to even implement it. That's where the store shines because it can implement and manage the autoupdate functionality independently.
I can honestly see the benefits of having the windows store do that for me. Personally, as a developer, I'd rather roll that on my own... but only because I'm so soured on these walled "stores" the giants have set up. I loathe the playstore and fear that, without heavy curation, the windows store is going to turn into the same exact thing.
In response, I went with the LTSB version of windows 10, which is absolutely great. I went to use ganache the other month and they didn't have an .exe or .msi (they do now fortunately) but it took a few to figure out how to sideload the .appx and I'm not sure I ever got it installed correctly so I used the CLI until they released a proper installer.
There are certain pieces of software like Putty, 7-Zip, Arduino Studio, Inkscape, Plex, and Notepad++ where I'd like to always have the latest version. A few of those are in the store and keep themselves up to date.
> Dont you want that control?
Not really. There's quite a few pieces of software I want to run the latest versions of for security reasons (e.g. 7-Zip and Putty), some where finding the latest Windows installer is tedious (e.g. Gimp) others updated so infrequently that I forget to check (e.g. Inkscape), and others that are updated so frequently that it feels like I'm always running installers (e.g. Notepad++). Plus I use no less than 4 different computers with that software and it is a paint to make sure they're all updated. I'd rather just let them get managed in the background.
> What id your favorite app turns into spyware?
I don't know what you're asking.