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Re:Android Killed Windows Phone, Not Apple by roryisok on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:36AM (#14837555)
They did that.

TheVerge reported them paying up to $100,000 to companies to port their apps to the store.

https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/15/4433082/microsoft-paying-...

That was back in 2013. Foursquare was one of those - MS covered the cost of porting it to WP. They even hired an outside developer team to do it.

Re:Android Killed Windows Phone, Not Apple by kartickv on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:47AM (#14897945)
Thanks, I didn't know that.