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Windows Phone was a shame, but completely Microsoft's fault. I liked the Windows Phone UI/UX, and the irony is that if they had've invested more into something

Windows Phone was a shame, but completely Microsoft's fault. I liked the Windows Phone UI/UX, and the irony is that if they had've invested more into something like Xamarin, they could've likely had extremely compelling tooling for big enterprises (like banks) to support Apps on different platforms. But even Skype for Windows Phone took ages to actually land. Or emulate Android apps, like you said. That solves the initial issue of having no apps. It seems like Google Fuchsia will likely take this approach. Although it isn't clear if another platform could do this, without a lot of goodwill from Google - and good luck with that.

kd913 5y ago
I loved my lumia 520. It was cheap as chips, fast as hell and at the time more user friendly than whatever overheating droid alternatives were available. I think it was one of the fastest selling phones at the time. I distinctly remember Google making it a right pain to use Google's products on the phone, namely Youtube and Google Maps. In addition I remember a bunch of articles talking about how Google prevented Microsoft from developing a native youtube app and doing shady nonsense regarding User Agent filtering. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/google-maps-windows-phone-and-an-avoidable-mess/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/google-maps-windows-... https://geekinsider.com/google-blocks-youtube-on-windows-phone/amp/ https://geekinsider.com/google-blocks-youtube-on-windows-pho... How Google got away with that is beyond me. Certainly makes me somewhat glad that Microsoft just chose to yoink chromium for edge. At least now Google can't do any more shady nonsense with the browser to filter them out.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  I never owned a Lumia phone but everyone I knew who did have one loved it. It was on my short list for my next phone at one point, but the platform imploded before that happened.
- Zardoz84 5y ago
  Microsoft using Chromium for Edge, it's a bad notice. It only helps Google to get a strong hold on the web and his standards...
  - kd913 5y ago
    Microsoft is a trillion dollar company with experience working on Chromium and browsers. They have the talent and resources to run/take over chrome. If Google makes a misstep, it wouldn't take too much effort for Microsoft to run a hostile fork and capture a massive user base. They already are the 2nd most popular browser. As it is, they have nullified Google's anti-competitive nonsense of using the browser as a way to manipulate markets. Granted as a Firefox user, I conceded your point to how to affects open standards. Frankly though, that has already been long tarnished by Google anyway.

kd913 5y ago

I loved my lumia 520. It was cheap as chips, fast as hell and at the time more user friendly than whatever overheating droid alternatives were available. I think it was one of the fastest selling phones at the time. I distinctly remember Google making it a right pain to use Google's products on the phone, namely Youtube and Google Maps. In addition I remember a bunch of articles talking about how Google prevented Microsoft from developing a native youtube app and doing shady nonsense regarding User Agent filtering. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/google-maps-windows-phone-and-an-avoidable-mess/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/google-maps-windows-... https://geekinsider.com/google-blocks-youtube-on-windows-phone/amp/ https://geekinsider.com/google-blocks-youtube-on-windows-pho... How Google got away with that is beyond me. Certainly makes me somewhat glad that Microsoft just chose to yoink chromium for edge. At least now Google can't do any more shady nonsense with the browser to filter them out.

throwawayboise 5y ago
I never owned a Lumia phone but everyone I knew who did have one loved it. It was on my short list for my next phone at one point, but the platform imploded before that happened.
Zardoz84 5y ago
Microsoft using Chromium for Edge, it's a bad notice. It only helps Google to get a strong hold on the web and his standards...
- kd913 5y ago
  Microsoft is a trillion dollar company with experience working on Chromium and browsers. They have the talent and resources to run/take over chrome. If Google makes a misstep, it wouldn't take too much effort for Microsoft to run a hostile fork and capture a massive user base. They already are the 2nd most popular browser. As it is, they have nullified Google's anti-competitive nonsense of using the browser as a way to manipulate markets. Granted as a Firefox user, I conceded your point to how to affects open standards. Frankly though, that has already been long tarnished by Google anyway.