Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'

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    Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'
    Microsoft Corporate VP Kevin Gallo explains the latest twists in Microsoft's long and winding Windows developer platform strategy
    May 8, 2019
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-wants-to-close-the-uwp-win32-divide-with-windows-apps/
     
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    Sounds good to me, I guess M$ has realized it will be too difficult to force developers to rewrite their apps to UWP, and I'm also worried that you won't be able to control UWP apps. On the other hand, they should already be secure out of the box.
     
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    Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform app dream is dead and buried
    May 30, 2019
    https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/30/...indows-app-dead-microsoft-store-windows-store
     
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    No real point in UWP since they killed the phone.
     
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    But Always Connected PC powered by ARMv8 processors are available, so they should deliver something capable running on amd64 (AMD and Intel) and ARMv8 (Qualcomm and others) CPUs.
     
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    Those will probably be as successful as the Surface with Windows RT was. I saw one once. A coworker bought it for $200 after they were discontinued.
     
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    Well, from a security point of view it would have been interesting because all UWP apps run sandboxed, which makes them less vulnerable to being exploited and less capable to perform malicious actions. I believe macOS does the same for certain apps that are developed by Apple.
     
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    Meh, sandboxing hasn't been the security answer they promoted it as being. Everything has a back door.
     
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    Are you kidding me, sandboxing is a must. It has basically almost solved the problem of browser exploits. And let's say you would install a UWP app, it would have only rights to modify and read its own folder, so this in theory would protect against data stealing and encryption by ransomware.
     
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    Sure, it should work like that. But if it did, we wouldn't be here.
     
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    There are different types of sandboxes. Some are built inside programs and must be designed specifically by program developers (OpenSSH's server, Chromium), other are more external ones (less fine grained) such as Android's environment for programs.
     
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    That's why I wondered how it would have worked in practice. Perhaps it would solve quite a lot of security problems. I believe that UWP apps all run via AppContainer. But Sandboxie can't control such apps, so that would be a big problem.

    Like I said above, I believe AppContainer would protect against exploits, plus it might also protect the system against malware that you run yourself, because UWP apps have got limited rights out of the box.
     
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    Microsoft is shutting down its Ad Monetization platform for UWP apps
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    https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-shutting-down-its-ad-monetization-platform-for-uwp-apps
    Microsoft: Microsoft Ad Monetization platform shutting down June 1st
     
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    Microsoft wants to unify UWP and Win32 with Project Reunion
    May 19, 2020
    https://www.ghacks.net/2020/05/19/microsoft-wants-to-unify-uwp-and-win32-with-project-reunion/
    Microsoft to unify Windows desktop and UWP apps with new Project Reunion
    Microsoft: Developing for all 1 billion Windows 10 devices and beyond
     
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    ...Windows 10:

    ProjectReunion
     
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    Project Reunion: Microsoft's unified app strategy is still missing one piece
    May 24, 2020
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/proje...fied-app-strategy-is-still-missing-one-piece/
     
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    Microsoft explains what is and isn’t Project Reunion
    June 14, 2020
    https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-explains-project-reunion/
    What is Project Reunion?
     
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    Microsoft updates its 'Project Reunion' unified Windows platform with WinUI 3 Preview 2
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    https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...fied-windows-platform-with-winui-3-preview-2/
     
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    Windows 10 to close the UWP, Win32 divide with new APIs
    September 10, 2020
    https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/09/10/windows-10-project-reunion-apps-windowing/
     
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    WinUI 3 Preview 3 is out with ARM64 support
    November 17, 2020
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    Microsoft’s Project Reunion Preview v.0.1.0, which unify Win32 and UWP APIs, now available
    December 11, 2020
    https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-project-reunion-v0-1-0/
     
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    UWP no longer fashionable as Microsoft releases guidance for migrating apps to Windows App SDK
    October 19, 2021
    https://www.neowin.net/news/uwp-no-...idance-for-migrating-apps-to-windows-app-sdk/
     
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    Microsoft release Windows App SDK 1.0 Preview 3 with support for WinUI 3 apps without MSIX
    October 27, 2021
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    Microsoft's Windows App SDK 1.0 is available. Will it undo Microsoft's past mistakes?
    Microsoft's 'Project Reunion,' its development kit to bridge various Windows development platforms, is here.
    November 16, 2021
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-app-sdk-1-0-is-generally-available/
     
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