Microsoft says it wants to make app updates less painful on Windows 11, including the apps published outside the Store.

In a Microsoft blog back in May this year, product manager Angie Chen said UOP is a "Unified future for app updates", as it ...

Until now, it was always possible to disable automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store permanently and without exception. It was convenient for users who wanted to stay on older versions of apps.

Windows 8 might have made waves for its short-lived removal of the beloved Start button, but the platform’s launch of an ill-fated storefront for streamlined app management was arguably Microsoft’s ...