Microsoft hits out at Apple with its new Windows app store policies

Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is making some firm commitments to the future of app stores on Windows today. The software giant has published 10 principles it’s adopting as promises to app developers, including that it won’t block competing stores on the platform or block specific business models an app may use to make money.The principles also cover Microsoft holding its own apps to the same standards as competing apps and a commitment to “charge reasonable fees&r