[michaelmrose]

"There exist 3rd party package repositories on Windows too."

The MS store does NOT have user configurable repos for consumer versions of windows.

[NiveaGeForce]

You don't need the MS Store for 3rd party repositories.

[michaelmrose]

You: "No, the long term solution is to embrace the MS Store"

Me: No solution which gives a single party absolute control over what software a user is allowed to run is a long term solution.