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Microsoft Prepares To Kill the Windows 8 Store: No New Apps From November (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the funeral-planning dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Windows 8.1 dropped out of mainstream support earlier this year, entering the five-year extended support period in which it receives only security fixes. However, Microsoft is still accepting new software application submissions to the Windows 8 Store. Submissions for new Windows Phone 8 apps are also currently accepted. Today, Microsoft announced that this is soon coming to an end. After October 31, new applications will no longer be accepted for distribution through the store. Updates to existing applications will continue to be supported. However, there's now an end date for these, too: from July 1, 2023, Microsoft will cease to distribute any updates for Windows 8.1 Store applications. The deadline for Windows Phone 8 is sooner: updates for those apps will end on July 1, 2019.

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  1. Ya know by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to miss this as much as I miss my Zune.

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    Table-ized A.I.
    1. Re:Ya know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They should support it at least as long as copyright lasts. I mean, they think it has value for life of the author + 70 years so that must be the minimum reasonable period to provide to others to get the value out of the products they license.