Now Gone: Photosynth, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, and Travel apps

BillyBob said:

You obviously know very little about Apple and their products, except for what you read, they can't even code their own software let alone check everyone else's.

Hi there

Probably agree with you there -- but people I know who have iPhones seem to be quite satisfied with the quality of stuff they get from the Apple store.

So I confess my ignorance on that one - but it still doesn't alter the fact that the Ms store is JUNK and should be put out of its misery ASAP.

Cheers
jimbo

Different strokes for Different folks. There is no one size fits all OS out there or App.

If people want to use OneNote, Mail or other apps, then let them find and install it from the MS Store, but STOP making "default" app-installations, please.
I don't use any app at all, well "setting" I have to use, but nothing else. If I need a function, I find a real program that can do the job. I don't need any app preinstalled.

fireberd said:

I liked the Travel's 360 degree pictures of world cities. Got to see a lot of places I would like to visit but will never get to.

If you like that, you gotta try Google Earth; it has the same thing (with 360cities checked) just better at doing it, among a lot of other cool things.

paulsalter said:

I fail to see why people object to the store apps (WinRT) being pre installed

Windows has been pre installing things for as far as I can remember, if you don't like what comes with windows then ignore them and find alternatives

IMO, I see no difference with having Notepad/Wordpad or Onenote pre installed on a machine

It really is kinda ridiculous to object to one of the main benefits of the new universal os. It's like getting a 4 door car and just because you don't use the am radio or the back seat and cupholders, you have to rally up every one against them to justify the company to omit them from the model.

While I don't use these apps, the reason why they are being retired is pretty apparent. There are plenty of other ways to get this info so no reason to make their own when no one is using them. A lot of it is being integrated into Cortana for easier ways to aggregate info through search.

MS has gone out and accomplished a huge undertaking in unifying the code to work across platforms so those with all form factors can get things done and if you don't have a touch device, doesn't mean they're not useful or appreciated by those that do. Touch devices would literally suck if these so called apps from the Store were omitted. It's like buying a tv and because you are deaf, you are advocating the removal of built in speakers for those that would appreciate not having to find a workaround to getting sound because someone didn't use them.

W10 is and should've been W8, but they are far and away way too behind on that vision and it's still bewildering to hear others condemning the main reasons for it's existence, just because it doesn't suit their use knowing very well what the os was about, AND still choosing to use and test it.