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>that MS doesn't have that sort of power (compared to say Apple).

They could mark the install executable as malicious in Windows Defender.

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Which is similar to what Apple does for MacOS (and Google for Android).

They haven't prevented people from installing untaxed software, but they have made it a scary and difficult process for the average user, and made it very difficult for anyone to sell software without giving Apple/Google a cut.

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And they said desktop signing was only for security, then blocked Epic's desktop apps for an iOS non-security business dispute.

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Or the domain as having PUP so people visiting get a warning and hoops to jump through.

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It would be funny if Firefox would warn you about downloading Firefox because it is marked as malware. Would server Mozilla right for letting Google maintain that list, who have shown they do not care about false positives.