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Windows Store fine print puts consumers first

Digging into the Windows Store fine print reveals Microsoft’s “consumer first” policy for the metro-style apps for next year’s operating system. The corporate wants developers to make every app fully touch compatible, with every gesture working the identical way because it does in Windows 8 . It’ll should cater for each CPU architecture in addition (or face having to tailor multiple editions) since users can install it on as much as five machines. Video downloads are capped at 256Kb/s and audio at 64Kb/s to stop apps maxing out the data caps in your plan — if it wants any further, it’ll must politely ask to your permission. The only real thing the corporate isn’t offering to users is a returns policy, (except in countries where it’s legally obligated to) but we cannot have all of it our own way, eh?

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