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I also remember their much more recent attempt to funnel Windows app purchases through their own app store and take their own 30% cut via Windows 10 S, a version of Windows intended to be pre-installed on cheaper laptops that only allowed apps to be installed from their store. It failed, and that's presumably why they're taking such a strong stance now against the companies that succeeded in this business model.



They always failed on mobile where the 30% were also in practice.




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