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Originally Posted by shalym
Not that I've noticed--do you have an example of one that I can test?
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Sure don't, sorry.
What it looks like is the sideloading system requires apps to have a signing key like App Store apps do, which means that MS now has a way to deny FOSS software whose maintainers probably don't have the money to shell out for a signing key of their own. It also allows them to deny competitors who might try to edge into one of their key markets- web browsers and office softwares.
I wonder what Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft would say about this, assuming they were brought up to speed on the technologies involved.