Could Microsoft destroy Linux gaming by using the windows store (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So as we know Windows Platform Apps and WinUI3 apps do not work on Linux, I keep wondering if Microsoft were to launch a new API let’s say direct X 15 but limit it to Windows Store Apps, and provided a way for the apps to be installed from other stores like steam could they in time kill modern Linux gaming.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aside from the reasons stated by other people in this thread, purely destroying something isn't really Microsoft's MO. Theirs is ~~Extend, Embrace, Extinguish~~ Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You got that the wrong way round. It's Embrace first, then Extend and Extinguish.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

You're right. Whoops. Haha. Thanks, I fixed it.

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