Windows 10 Anniversary doubles Start Menu app advert slots

[crossy]

"Apps can be fully uninstalled" - That's the only bit I'm interested in! (Just like 90% of all the apps that come with Windows 10 - I think I just have the Weather and news apps now...)

+1 on this, although I'm still trying to reinstall 10 after it corrupted - funnily enough the entire Start Menu stopped working (apart from right click actions). At the current rate of success I might just have a running system by the time that the Anniversary update ships. Presumably just in time for it to hose my new install.

[plexabit]

My opinions are similar to the rest here, but I've found that the stock start menu without tiles (or in my case just a news tile and a few other choice ones) works fine for me. As long as they give the option to remove it, we're happy. Let's hope the dreaded day of permanence never comes.

[jag272]

+1 on this, although I'm still trying to reinstall 10 after it corrupted - funnily enough the entire Start Menu stopped working (apart from right click actions). At the current rate of success I might just have a running system by the time that the Anniversary update ships. Presumably just in time for it to hose my new install.

I've heard a great many people complaining about this start menu problem with windows 10, they're definitely going to have to fix that before I consider upgrading, thats just unacceptable in my eyes.

[scaryjim]

... When an app is just a different view on a webpage (often with features missing) then I'd rather just have a bookmark. ...

To be fair, if the available web app is better than the desktop/mobile app that's more down to a shoddy app design than the fact that an app is unnecessary. But then most platforms let you package HTML5 into an app nowadays, and if you've already done all the work on an HTML5 web app why would you rewrite it for mobile/native?

I'm hopeful that we'll start to see more differentiation of apps via better app design, so they'll start offering something more than just the web site in an app. I don't think many companies will do that mind you, but the ones that do will probably get much better retention from their customers. Perhaps we'll start seeing stores with less apps but higher quality? Bit of a pipe dream, but I wouldn't mind that...