Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoMicrosoft holding a “funeral” for the iPhone after launching the Windows Phone 7sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down127
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageMicrosoft holding a “funeral” for the iPhone after launching the Windows Phone 7sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·7 months agoI actually liked the Windows phone that I had for a short while. It just didn’t have the app support.
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoFor some apps, quite intentional. I remember some app makers hating Microsoft so much that they’d refuse and also block API access when MS made their own versions of apps for their users.
minus-squareMooseLad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoYouTube was a big one for this. The Windows phone app worked better than its Android and iPhone counterparts and Google blocked API access.
minus-squaresmackjack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoMicrosoft’s YouTube app didn’t show ads, and that was Google’s gripe with them.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·7 months agoWhy not block iPhones api access?
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoToo many users, too established of a brand. It’s easier to kill off newcomers
minus-squaresheogorath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoThe UI is very simple and the performance on the phones using it was very good compared to the contemporary Android phones.
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoThis is why I never had one. I kept saying “Maybe my next phone.” Then they were gone.
minus-squareNotJustForMe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoabout the same. My current phone back then had a few good years in it still, and I wanted my next one to be a Windows phone. And then they were gone.
minus-square342345@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·7 months ago It just didn’t have the app support. It just didn’t have the app support.
I actually liked the Windows phone that I had for a short while. It just didn’t have the app support.
For some apps, quite intentional. I remember some app makers hating Microsoft so much that they’d refuse and also block API access when MS made their own versions of apps for their users.
YouTube was a big one for this. The Windows phone app worked better than its Android and iPhone counterparts and Google blocked API access.
Microsoft’s YouTube app didn’t show ads, and that was Google’s gripe with them.
Why not block iPhones api access?
Too many users, too established of a brand. It’s easier to kill off newcomers
The UI is very simple and the performance on the phones using it was very good compared to the contemporary Android phones.
This is why I never had one. I kept saying “Maybe my next phone.” Then they were gone.
about the same. My current phone back then had a few good years in it still, and I wanted my next one to be a Windows phone. And then they were gone.
It just didn’t have the app support.