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Windows Phone couldn't run the majority of desktop Windows apps (those developed with the "Win32" API). They developed an entirely separate API for Windows Phon

by odo1242 7mo ago

Windows Phone couldn't run the majority of desktop Windows apps (those developed with the "Win32" API). They developed an entirely separate API for Windows Phone apps and it was similarly locked down as iOS/Android.

chris_money202 7mo ago
True although that decision was likely due to windows architecture limitations at the time. Windows was still deeply coupled with x86_64 and is still not great with ARM today.