Microsoft recently unveiled that the Windows Marketplace For Mobile (Microsoft’s version of Apple’s App Store, where Windows Phone users can download and buy applications) will have a “kill switch” that would enable the company to delete applications on the Marketplace – and remotely on users’ handsets – when absolutely necessary. When it was announced, worry was rife in the Windows world.
Needless to say, users were worried about what it would mean for paid applications. Will the kill switch give Microsoft total control over its user base, even more totalitarian than Apple’s hold on the App Store? Will users be refunded for killed applications? What’s the kill switch ultimately going to be used for?
Fortunately for users, Microsoft was quick to give an explanation. They assured users that when they’ve downloaded or bought an application, and if the application was killed in the Marketplace, they’d still be able to user them on their handsets. As for the remote deletion of applications, Microsoft promised it was only a last resort to save phones under the attack of an application’s harmful behavior. And, yes, they would refund killed applications.
So everyone breathes a sigh of relief as we head into the next week.
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