Windows 11 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Navigating the Microsoft Store

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting the lowdown on Microsoft Store apps

Exploring the Microsoft Store

Installing and uninstalling apps

If you’re familiar with buying apps in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, you already know about most of the features you’ll find in the Microsoft Store. That said, the selection, breadth, and quality of apps are better in the App Store and the Play Store. The reason’s simple: money. Large fortunes can be made with cool apps and games in the App Store and the Play Store because they have many more users.

Although the Microsoft Store used to include only Windows apps (designed to work just as well on touchscreens and with a mouse and keyboard), now the Microsoft Store carries all kinds of apps, including desktop programs and progressive web apps. You can also buy games, movies, and TV shows. Apps make or break any computer these days, and Microsoft knows it. That’s why you find some popular apps in the Microsoft Store — it’s good for you and good for Microsoft.

To make its Store more appealing, in July 2021, Microsoft announced that app developers can keep 100 percent of their revenue. However, game creators ...