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Some of these distros come with browsers and JavaScript engines that can run in the console (such as node.js, w3m, lynx, etc.).

Third-party HTML and JavaScript engines are banned in the Windows Store, so can someone explain how this uneven enforcement of their own rules is ethical?

Consider this quote[1] from a Microsoft spokesperson on May 9:

> Windows Store apps that browse the web must use HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform. All Windows Store content is certified by Microsoft to help ensure a quality experience and keep your devices safer.

[1]: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-wont-be-allowed-o...



Windows store or UWP apps is the gimped version of windows that no one cares about. It's about as successful as the windows phone OS that started it.




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