Microsoft periodically releases these hilariously unconvincing design manifestos, only to subsequently ignore their own principles by cluttering their interfaces with advertisements, unnecessary app promotions, and various other unwanted elements.
Don't hold your breath.
Here's the rejuvenated bugcheck/BSOD in the latest Insider builds (feature ID 50070238) in both colors. The QR code and frown say bye bye, and the screen is going back to black for production PCs just as it was in the early 22000 days.
You can plant a few of your favorite DLLs into \Downloads and bounce off those shiny new Microsoft Store installers 👍
ncrypt.dll, cryptsp.dll, cryptbase.dll, bcrypt.dll, msvcp140_clr0400.dll, profapi.dll, en\StoreInstaller.resources.dll, d3d9.dll, etc.
The Microsoft Store team has started quietly wrapping apps, like EarTrumpet, with some malware-looking .NET executable wrapper (with my app's name of course) chock full of telemetry and other code. They also target netfx 4.7.2 when my app targets netfx 4.6.2, wtf?
Hey, @TeamYouTube, Dave's Garage is constantly issuing false DMCA notices in attempts to silence my video. His false pretense is me «copying and pasting» his thumbnail, while it's obviously untrue. This is blatant copyright system abuse, please help.
youtu.be/1GeF9AjlqP8
From a former Microsoft employee: Mikhail Parakhin, former head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising, and his gang of Bing yes-men are to blame for Edge and Windows being packed with ads, scams, and other unwanted junk. Shocker.
Made possible, thanks in tiny part due to me, the uncredited unfunded contributor/maintainer of the SDK/WDK Win32 Metadata projects used by the app (see assets\NOTICE.txt).
I'll just be over here eating my ramen.🥲
I can't believe my eyes. Microsoft is previewing a new version of Copilot for Windows that has a native Windows UI! It's using WinUI 3, and it looks pretty great.
DETAILS: windowscentral.com/software-apps/… 😲
Probably safer to pay $50 than install this on your machine. It will automatically install Bing Visual Search and has code to peruse and decrypt your Edge and Chrome cookies.
Microsoft reached out today to recommend putting EarTrumpet into the Microsoft Store. Good idea! 😂
Bruh. We were in Microsoft Store at launch (wave 1) and have roughly 160M+ unique acquisitions across 241 markets.
Microsoft has quietly tweaked its app installer executable. Altered dll search path in an attempt to mitigate my finding, added new icon, etc.
I continue to have no comms from that team, despite reaching out.
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The Microsoft Store team has started quietly wrapping apps, like EarTrumpet, with some malware-looking .NET executable wrapper (with my app's name of course) chock full of telemetry and other code. They also target netfx 4.7.2 when my app targets netfx 4.6.2, wtf?
