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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)

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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 98 points 11 months ago

Windows Phone failed because there were no apps for it. There was no YouTube app, no Facebook app, no Twitter app, etc until very late or never at all. They should have just paid developers to make the apps so that people would buy the phones. The OS was great and worked on a wide range of hardware. It could have been a great enterprise solution and they seemed to be heading that direction but the lack of third party made it little more than A Microsoft feature phone.

[-] ilikemoney@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I really miss the OS.... My favorite phones at the time

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