Metro apps are a joke... might as well install Android on your PC so you can install 3000 more useless apps.
Joke compared to what, and for what? I mean yea, if you want to design aircraft frames for production use by the US military, then probably so. But then, most desktop apps are a joke as well. Also, Windows 8 isn't even in GA yet, judging the app situation when the app store is not even GA makes no sense. Where the app store makes sense, is that you can download useful apps and not worry about viruses, or your system getting corrupted or slowed down, because of strict and enforced guidelines. So if you want to have desktop email notifications, or calendar notifications, and so on, you can try these without knowing anything about the developer, or the app itself. And you will know that the app will not corrupt or steal your data, and that it will install and uninstall cleanly and so on. Metro apps aren't meant to replace desktop apps for high end stuff. It's to replace insecure, and unstable little apps and gadgets people fill their desktop and system tray with - well that's what I'm seeing when I look at it anyway. And it takes away nothing, so I don't see how someone can hate it so much. Use it for what it makes sense to use it for, otherwise ignore it and use your desktop as usual.
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