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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by WeAreGoingIn on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:49PM (#18636428)
> Windows phone

The gigants buy up competitors and bury it, shot down the project.

We would have more freedom and viable options as consumers if not the big companies such as Facebook, Google buy up the competition. It should be illegal to do this. The world is a more poorer marketplace because of this.

Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by freeone3000 on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:39PM (#18637391)
They bought... Windows? Microsoft is one of the giants here. People didn't like the phone.
Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by FlyMoreRockets on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:19PM (#18639044)
That and Microsoft didn't support developers.