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This is like the people who repackage and rebrand LibreOffice and then resell it for $10 on the Windows Store to gullible users.
And the worst part about that is that it doesn't even break the law.
It can be argued that the libreoffice dude is providing a service. If you were deeply invested in the windows ecosystem, with most of your apps coming from the store and you also have like 20 windows computers, buying it for $10 is totally worth it.
1 click install and auto updates being the advantage. Not to mention a centralized way to make sure all your machines are running the same version.
It's not like it's a subscription or per machine license.
The Windows Store limits the number of machines that you can install paid software on to 10. If you are managing a lot of computers you'd be better off with some actual management software or at least a package manager like Chocolatey. Then you can push software to your machines, run updates, or uninstall stuff whenever you like.
Literally every use case you just said can be automated using winget, for free.
Windows store apps don't even update half the time if you don't open the store and manually update it yourself
'people' smh
It's FOSS, what did you expect?
Those repackages of libreoffice packages are actually official.
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-from-microsoft-and-mac-app-stores/
They are not. I do not refer to the package called "LibreOffice". If you search for "office" on the Windows Store, you'll see a bunch of LibreOffice clones that are not branded as such and are not free of charge or contain advertisements.