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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 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] 135 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (27 children)

To be honest, Windows Phone OS was a marvel in terms of user experience and design language. It was a fresh breath on interacting and utilizing the new always online world.

Calling it ‘Bad Software’ is not fair at all.

Too bad MS picked every possible bad decision to cripple it, starting with not putting it’s weight behind the OS at all.

I really, really miss the feeling of being in control of my whole digital existence with just a single glance.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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

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