Microsoft Dumps 1,500 Apps From Its Windows Store

redletterdave writes: Microsoft announced on its Windows blog Wednesday that it's removed more than 1,500 apps from its Windows Store in a bid to clean up the store and restore trust with Windows 8 and Windows Phone users. Microsoft's new certification process, in particular, asks for clear and accurate names that "reflect the functionality of the app," more accurate categories, and differentiated icons to ensure apps aren't confused with one another. Microsoft reached out to developers with apps that violated its policies; some agreed to make changes to their software, while those who were "less receptive" saw their apps removed from the Windows Store. That might be just the beginning.

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Walled garbage approach

[Anonymous Coward]

This is what you get when you let your vendor decide what you can and can't install, what you can and can't offer. Apple and their ilk started this cancer and everyone else has hopped onto the bandwagon.