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I think that Microsoft is in an existential crisis right now. A lot of their windows strategies have not worked for them. And here is a sample from this article:
Take the Weather app, for example. On Windows 11, the Weather app is basically a web page. Scrolling is laggy, even on my powerful desktop PC, and the interface feels cluttered, complete with a Privacy Choices bar at the bottom of the window. On a Mac, the Weather app is a native app without any ads. Scrolling is smooth, and the interface feels like something you might actually want to use every day. The Windows app used over 700MB of RAM when I last launched it, whereas Apple’s app used about 250MB. That’s nearly three times as much RAM—and an absurd amount for a Weather app.
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But Microsoft overcorrected in response to the iPad, and the rest is history. Windows 8 introduced the so-called Metro app platform, which was a failure. With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), so-named because these apps would also run on HoloLens, Windows Phone, and Xbox. With HoloLens and Windows Phone dead, UWP also failed to gain traction.
For developers, Windows became a mess—both a legacy platform Microsoft signaled it was leaving and a new application platform that wasn’t as powerful. Microsoft spent years trying to bring them together. But developers—even internal ones—didn’t focus on building native Windows apps. They focused on web technologies and instead made cross-platform apps.
I think that Microsoft is in an existential crisis right now. A lot of their windows strategies have not worked for them. And here is a sample from this article:
Web Apps Make Your PC Worse
On a typical Windows 11 desktop, most apps use web technologies, such as the aforementioned Electron and WebView2, and therefore don’t feel much different than a tab in a browser.Take the Weather app, for example. On Windows 11, the Weather app is basically a web page. Scrolling is laggy, even on my powerful desktop PC, and the interface feels cluttered, complete with a Privacy Choices bar at the bottom of the window. On a Mac, the Weather app is a native app without any ads. Scrolling is smooth, and the interface feels like something you might actually want to use every day. The Windows app used over 700MB of RAM when I last launched it, whereas Apple’s app used about 250MB. That’s nearly three times as much RAM—and an absurd amount for a Weather app.
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Why Microsoft Chose Web Apps (and Why It Backfired)
Windows was once the app platform. During the Windows 7 era, the Windows Live Essentials package offered the widely loved Windows Movie Maker, along with other native apps like Windows Live Mail.But Microsoft overcorrected in response to the iPad, and the rest is history. Windows 8 introduced the so-called Metro app platform, which was a failure. With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), so-named because these apps would also run on HoloLens, Windows Phone, and Xbox. With HoloLens and Windows Phone dead, UWP also failed to gain traction.
For developers, Windows became a mess—both a legacy platform Microsoft signaled it was leaving and a new application platform that wasn’t as powerful. Microsoft spent years trying to bring them together. But developers—even internal ones—didn’t focus on building native Windows apps. They focused on web technologies and instead made cross-platform apps.
