A version of the popular Paint.net image editor was released recently at Windows Store like Universal Windows Platform application.
We should get used to seeing programs of Windows to be uploaded to the Windows Store as apps, due to tools Microsoft has made available such as the Desktop Bridge converter, which help developers get their programs to the Store with minimal effort.
The converter does the hard work work and developers can add specific UWP features or change some of the converted code. So the development process is less time-consuming and, in the best case, completely automated.
In Paint now: it was a popular Windows image processor available to Microsoft and was pre-installed with every version of Windows.
However, the Store version (Paint.NET), although it seems to support all the functionality of the corresponding Win32 application, is not available for free.
The Windows Store Paint.NET version will cost 8,99 dollars normally, but it currently comes with an acquaintance price that reaches 5,99 dollars.
According to the description in the application, Windows users who purchase the application support its further development.
If you buy Paint.NET from the Windows Store, you will support its development (we normally ask for a donation).
The Paint.net creator accepts donations on the official website of the program to continue the program development.
The Paint.net Store version allegedly supports plugins and all other features available desktop version.
But for whom is this new version?
Originally for the one who has to spend (not a lot) 6 dollars on the application, and owns a device with Windows 10 S, which cannot install desktop programs on his computer.
It should be noted that for every application market that occurs in the Windows Store, Microsoft earns a percentage. I do not mention it as bad, just as it was completely expected, as do other companies with Stores.
My objection is to this application, which we have known for years as a free application part of Windows. Of course after Microsoft stops its development, someone else will take advantage of the reputation of the application, with the unpaid of course…
