Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has penned an editorial speaking out against Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative, calling it “the most aggressive move Microsoft has ever made.”
Writing for The Guardian, Sweeney talks about Microsoft launching Windows features which exist exclusively in the UWP scheme, and says doing so is “effectively telling developers you can use these Windows features only if you submit to the control of our locked-down UWP ecosystem."
“They’re curtailing users’ freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers.”
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Writing for The Guardian, Sweeney talks about Microsoft launching Windows features which exist exclusively in the UWP scheme, and says doing so is “effectively telling developers you can use these Windows features only if you submit to the control of our locked-down UWP ecosystem."
“They’re curtailing users’ freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers.”
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