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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was always in the Android camp because it was more FOSS then, more AOSP. Being said that, another competitor was and is desperately needed. When Windows Phones were in the wild, I had hope. But take a look at Windows 11, if Windows Phone had been a success, by now it would be utter shit.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd argue that Windows 11 is a result of what Google has been getting away with Android.

Google has shown Microsoft that the users happily pay money for giving up the control of their device. While Android was open 10 years ago, Google has worked hard to lock it down for 99% of the end users. The amount of personal data they get from each device is staggering.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They all find their way to shit when profit, not user satisfaction, is the ultimate goal. In the end, we are talking Microsoft here, we already know them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, at least when you used to buy windows you were the user and the customer.

With Google you're just the product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Now you're the user, customer, and the product all at once on Windows!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's hard to avoid being their “customer” here. It feels more like the taxpayer experience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

When they compromised on their UI design to make it more like Android and iOS in WP10, it was already over. It was also such a buggy mess compared to WP8.1.

What a shame.