Nice picture, and Thanks!

I think MS can't be as stupid as they may seem, even though they are still really stupid. They know Windows is a dying animal, and that power users will move to an open platform like Linux in time. Is the poor developer in a third world country going to pay MS for a fucking license to do something on their own machine? I'm reading lots of developer posts from those that are coding on Linux for Windows. So, the best way for Microsoft (in their minds) to squeeze the maximum amount of money out of Windows is to make side loading difficult. They know they're alienating developers left and right, but I think they have ran internal statistics gauging the different risks. They really need that 20-30% cut of app sales, especially when their store is shit. Windows is also far less expensive than it used to be, so that money has to be made up through other avenues. This is a double edged sword as the alienation could grow bigger than MS calculated, resulting in a total catastrophe. It doesn't make any long-term sense to alienate developers whilst the store is a piece of crap. And we all know that Win32 is headed for the slaughter house.
Microsoft, you do not fool me. What has Nutella done thus far in the sense of improvements? Nothing.