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Last month, we shared a few updates to Microsoft Store policies to help protect customers from misleading product listings. We heard your feedback, and today we made a change to policy 10.8.7 and 11.2 docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ 1/3

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Microsoft Store Policies - Windows apps

Products on the Store must meet our certification standards, offer customers a truly useful and engaging experience, and provide a good fit for the Store.

3:35 PM · Jul 18, 2022

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2/3 To clarify our intent, we removed the previous mention to open source pricing. We're committed to building an open Store and enabling dev choice and flexibility. If there are intellectual property concerns about an app, please report it at microsoft.com/legal/intellec

Giorgio Sardo

@gisardo

Jul 18, 2022

3/3 There are many great free and paid OSS apps in the Microsoft Store, and we look forward to welcoming more

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Publish apps and games to the Microsoft Store – Develop for Microsoft

Publish your apps and games to the Microsoft Store for Windows, including traditional desktop apps and PWAs.

Programátor Mike

@ProgramatorMike

Jul 18, 2022

What about fake apps or apps by third party developers, who offer paid open source apps even when official developer distribute it via store? Will it be removed?

Ahnaf M

@AhnafM9197

Jul 18, 2022

The feedback link found right before the table of contents goes to a closed forum. Seriously?

Phap Duong Dieu

@duongdieuphap

Jul 19, 2022

Thank you for listening to the community

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