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submitted 1 year ago by Hypx@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Same, a Nokia Lumia 710. Lack of app support is what killed them. Even mainstream apps you had to have a third party version, Facebook, Insta, etc.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Man nokia used to make great phones.

[-] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

One more reason I could never trust Microsoft again. They bought Nokia and ruined them.

[-] Poiar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man Nokia used to make great ~~phones~~ lethal weapons

[-] CynicRaven@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Which wouldn't have necessarily been a death knell, except by the point Microsoft had gotten their eggs into the Windows Phone basket, major platforms had already started shutting down functionality that could be accessed through third party applications so the App Store/Play Store official versions were the clearly superior ways to use the platforms.

In many cases, like with reddit even, third party applications are how many people have preferred to access these platforms, so long as the platform doesn't lock down the API to kneecap them.

this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
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