I asked few months ago for the broadFileSystemAccess capability from developer support. They said I need to switch my account to a company account and move all my apps into it, in order to request for this capability. I prefer to avoid this approach for now.
Recently I noticed changes on the capability request process on the documentation page but there is still nothing there to state such limitation for individual accounts. I would like to know if anyone here (from MS perhaps) has more information to make sure I've got correct information.
I have two storage utility apps, it completely makes sense for them to use this capability.
Does broadFileSystemAccess capability require Company account?
The follow segment does not exit in the BroadFileSystemAccess capability description, So the company accounts are not required.
We do not recommend declaring this capability in apps submitted to the Store. For most developers, use of this capability will not be approved.
But, it is restricted capability. If your app declares any restricted capabilities, you must provide info during the app submission process in order to be approved to publish the app to the Microsoft Store. You provide this info on the Submission options page of your submission, explaining how your app uses each restricted capability that it declares.