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chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

That’s just because Microsoft waited until Android and iOS were well-established before trying to make a smartphone OS. It could have been the best OS ever made, and it still would have been a failure because there wasn’t a market for a third OS. It was hard enough at the time to get apps developed for both iOS and Android - there wasn’t room for a third player.

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JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
MS charged for Windows Lite, the others were free. And anyway they were building market share, but not fast enough for management, so they abandoned it mid-cycle.

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