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Meh, Google doesn't really offer much by way of a platform for development (sure, I know some here code on Chromebooks) and severely risks demonopolisation; App

Meh, Google doesn't really offer much by way of a platform for development (sure, I know some here code on Chromebooks) and severely risks demonopolisation; Apple will have to pull some magic out of the bag if it wants to stem the flow of developers and professionals leaving its platform and Windows is still on a significant number of productive workplace desktops (such as mine here). Phones are not computers and are deviating ever more from being mistaken for devices that can be used for actual productive work. So Microsoft lost the mobile handset/OS race.. so far. I'm not encouraged that any of the reasoning in this article represents nails in MS's coffin.

bitL 9y ago
The main argument is economical; desktop computers are stale (well, thanks AMD for stirring it up recently a bit), most people now treat computers as home appliances that need replacement once in 5-10 years. In mobile, market still grows (even if showing signs of saturation), there is still a year-to-year progress making newer models appealing and there are more mobile devices that computers with faster replacement rate. So what MS was getting on new end user licenses is lost; they lost mobile as well; the only move left are subscriptions which individual users hate and businesses love.