alt Hacker NewsDepends how long ago that was. When it first came out you could only upload UWP apps and hardly anyone used it, in recent years they've relaxed it a lot (you can just publish EXEs and MSIs now, fees reduced/abolished) and I see a lot more open-source projects using it now.
I just had a look, for the first time in quite a few years. It does look a lot less dreadful than it did. There seems to be very little software for sale that is >$20 though.