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LMAO MICROSOFT played the hugest part in Windows Phone demise. I still had a Palm Pre at the time and was waiting for a particular yellow Nokia Windows Phone t

LMAO MICROSOFT played the hugest part in Windows Phone demise. I still had a Palm Pre at the time and was waiting for a particular yellow Nokia Windows Phone to release for Sprint. My recollection is muddy after that but Windows Phone was no more so I got an iPhone.

HatchedLake721 3y ago
Possibly, but at the time Windows Phones were snappier and often had better hardware than Android. For me, developers played a huge part. There were a lot of popular and new apps missing in the windows store. Microsoft had to even co-fund app developers to build apps for windows phone, without much luck or being too late. E.g. Instagram for Windows released 18 months after Android. Did YouTube ever release on windows phone? This played a big part in people choosing iOS/Android instead. I haven’t looked into this for years, but that’s my recollection of early/mid 2010s. The Verge seems to confirm my historic bias: > If you’re wondering why none of Microsoft’s many strenuous Windows Phone efforts ultimately paid off, the key answer lies in the platform’s chronic failure to attract third-party app developers. Every time Nokia launched a new Windows Phone, it had to dodge and duck the question of when there’ll be an Instagram app for the OS. Even as Microsoft was beating Google at providing a smoother and slicker first-party app experience, Google was winning handily in having the more essential apps and the more enthusiastic third-party ecosystem. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-history-glorious-failure https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-h...
- NetOpWibby 3y ago
  > E.g. Instagram for Windows released 18 months after Android. Did YouTube ever release on windows phone? You just unlocked a memory for me. I totally forgot that IG was never released for Windows Phone. Damn. I rescind my previous comments, you're absolutely right. I think they could have a better go at it, this time. It's not Ballmer's Microsoft anymore (FWIW, I enjoyed aspects of his era).

HatchedLake721 3y ago

Possibly, but at the time Windows Phones were snappier and often had better hardware than Android. For me, developers played a huge part. There were a lot of popular and new apps missing in the windows store. Microsoft had to even co-fund app developers to build apps for windows phone, without much luck or being too late. E.g. Instagram for Windows released 18 months after Android. Did YouTube ever release on windows phone? This played a big part in people choosing iOS/Android instead. I haven’t looked into this for years, but that’s my recollection of early/mid 2010s. The Verge seems to confirm my historic bias: > If you’re wondering why none of Microsoft’s many strenuous Windows Phone efforts ultimately paid off, the key answer lies in the platform’s chronic failure to attract third-party app developers. Every time Nokia launched a new Windows Phone, it had to dodge and duck the question of when there’ll be an Instagram app for the OS. Even as Microsoft was beating Google at providing a smoother and slicker first-party app experience, Google was winning handily in having the more essential apps and the more enthusiastic third-party ecosystem. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-history-glorious-failure https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16452162/windows-phone-h...

NetOpWibby 3y ago
> E.g. Instagram for Windows released 18 months after Android. Did YouTube ever release on windows phone? You just unlocked a memory for me. I totally forgot that IG was never released for Windows Phone. Damn. I rescind my previous comments, you're absolutely right. I think they could have a better go at it, this time. It's not Ballmer's Microsoft anymore (FWIW, I enjoyed aspects of his era).