Comment by int_19h
8 years ago
> from what I hear the Windows Store is fairly successful in Windows 10.
Here's one data point for you. Windows Store used to have an official Kindle app. It doesn't since the end of last year, because Amazon basically said they don't see the return on that investment. They now recommend their desktop Win32 app if you want to read Kindle books on Windows.
Needless to say, iOS and Android do have well-supported Kindle apps.
You can find all kinds of anecdotes on both sides. Facebook's app was built by Microsoft for years because Facebook had zero interest in Windows phone/mobile, but download counts in the Windows 10 store on PCs/desktops/tables pushed them to build React Native for Windows 10, they now officially control their own app, and it's been keeping decent pace with iOS and Android these days.
(As a kindle user, I too am extremely disappointed Amazon developers haven't yet build a modern kindle reader for Windows 10 and cling to their Windows 7-targeted Win32 apps for now. The Silverlight-based app they built for Windows 8.1 I still use sometimes, and it is woefully out of date with the features of most of their other apps.)