Although this looks like a decent implementation, it isn't thread safe. Even creating a wrapper around this wouldn't make it safe as per the article.

This isn't about Windows 8. You can replace Windows 8 with any single-control-entity. Heck, you could replace Windows 8 with Tesla and the Microsoft Store with Tesla-authorized garage.

Right, but it is also about Windows 8 -- and Windows is still the most widely used desktop OS.

or the iPhone/iPad and the Apple Store