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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by blinding-streak on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:36AM (#45027141)
Microsoft pushed itself out of the sector by having a lousy mobile platform.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by 0xffff2 on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:14AM (#45027756)
Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform. The only problem they had was that they failed to convince anyone to build apps for it.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by devmor on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:23AM (#45027870)
> Microsoft had a phenomenal mobile platform.

I went through 3 generations of Windows Phone devices for work. The only thing phenomenal about them was the Zune-style UI. They were buggy and unreliable, even for the few apps they had.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by fruitworks on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @05:02PM (#45032287)
The minor issue of not having any developers, developers, developers
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