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by Aleman360 3954 days ago
> Win32 is the style that Windows apps are supposed to be and what people expect in a Windows app.

Maybe in the Windows XP era. None of the built-in apps in Windows 10 look like Win32 apps, apart from legacy stuff that hasn't been ported yet and now looks sorely out of place.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn894631.aspx?f=255...

Much of the Windows shell isn't even written in Win32 anymore, it's all UWP (source: I work on the start menu).