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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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I really wanted window 10 phones to take off. Their development into their now defunct projects such as Continuum and Munchkin in my opinion could have jump started and sustained smartphones as a legitimate productivity PC. Imagine having a cellphone you can dock anywhere and have a full blown windows OS to do things on…. That’s where they were heading.
Alas, the best we got is Dex and stage manager both being cellphone OS solutions for work PC tasks.
Canonical also tried this a few years ago with their Ubuntu Touch crowdfunding and failed. Even released some convergent devices but that didn't sell much. My impression is that although the concept is cool it is simply not appealing for the general audience
People want software and a functioning phone. Linux, in all its glory, is not for consumers.
The only hope we had was Microsoft, but that’s a joke in itself.
So unless someone wants to try to take on Google, and toss billions at it, it’s just one shitty android form after the other.
Why are people downvoting ? Yes I love Linux too and all, but be honest. It is not relevant in the mass desktop market. That didn’t make it more easy for Ubuntu touch.
People are downvoting because it was an ill-informed comment.
The issue isn't Linux. A large majority of phones use Linux, as do many other consumer devices. Saying "Linux isn't for consumers" is extremely daft.
Ubuntu's phone efforts didn't fail because it ran Linux, it failed because almost all phone brands do unless they have Chinese backing.
Microsoft pumped billions into smartphones and failed. Was it because of Linux? No. Windows phone didn't run Linux. So I guess by the above logic, Windows isn't suitable for consumers?
Shit, HTC and LG are big names that died in the phone space despite not having the hard job of creating their own ecosystem. Samsung has walked back on Tizen and a bunch of other in-house stuff and started shifting back to Google services. Sony is only surviving by abandoning the mass market.
Because people like to downvote.