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 Windows programs run in the Windows Store as apps because of Microsoft's tools such as the Desktop Bridge converter that help developers transfer their programs to the Store with minimal effort.
The inverter does the hard work and developers can add specific UWP functions or change some of the code that has been converted. So the development process is less time consuming and at best 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 version of Paint.NET would normally cost $8,99, but it currently comes with a price acquaintance that reaches 5,99 dollars.
According to the description in the application, the users of Windows who purchase the app 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 Store version of Paint.net reportedly supports it plugins and all other functions were possessed by 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…
