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Free to publish means it'll be filled with malware and slop. I hope they have a viable plan to deal with that.
It might be a small decision for the company, but it will be very beneficial for developers.
Not if real devs get drowned under a ton of copycat and malware apps.
Yet.
If the store ever takes off, the enshitification will ensue and MS will demand a sacrifice.