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I don't even know why I entered this thread. I use both. Carry on fanbois.
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no love for windows phone?
I don't even know why I entered this thread. I use both. Carry on fanbois.
I don't care if the CEO is a . I am addicted to my iPhone and my iPad.
It's almost like Apple touts their devices as "magical" and blames users for defects. It's almost like Apple is a company that favors a closed off draconian market. It's almost like Apple tries to tout their technology as beyond reproach and the height of all creation.
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Microsoft, however, is a different beast for a lot of reasons. One, Microsoft doesn't have an ecosystem at all. I'm not saying "They have a ty ecosystem," I'm saying, "They have no ecosystem." Using a Windows Phone with Hotmail isn't any different from using an iPhone or Android with it. Microsoft gets nothing for you having used it (as Google does with GMail). They don't have a media store in any way comparable to Play or iTMS. They do have a music service now, but do you really expect this iteration to last longer than the one that preceded it? Or PlaysForSure? Of course not. In fact, even if people used it in droves it would still be dwarfed by the revenue they get just through Android licenses.
Using a Windows Phone does nothing to make you want to buy a Windows computer, not that Microsoft even sells any that aren't just a rounding error for them. Using a Windows Phone doesn't make you want to buy Office, in fact it does the opposite since the only platform Office doesn't natively support is Windows Phone.
Microsoft is only in the game because they looked at Apple's revenue and Google's ubiquity and figured they needed to do the same without ever comprehending even in the slightest of terms why either party was doing it. And here's the crux: none of those reasons apply to them! People are buying Windows PCs anyway. They aren't doing it for ad revenue. There's no compelling reason for them to do what they're doing at all. That, not coincidentally, is why they don't target user satisfaction in their platform because they don't know what it is they gain by you using it.
The part where you're right is that Microsoft should be doing exactly what you say: creating a vertical network of devices and services then focusing on how they can make it work great for the user. They have the tools to do it and a compelling reason which is to be a loved focal point for all of their customers' interactions with computers and data. The only problem is that their culture precludes it. They don't want to lay the difficult groundwork for a true media store. They don't want to do the work that's required to have a developer platform that's stable and growing using good languages and tools for developers to make it a rich destination. They don't want to capitulate with OEMs and carriers to get their devices in stores and in front of customers (this is due to the fact OEMs have killed PC profitability in a race to the bottom). The principle point is that Microsoft prefers licensing and being hands-off on the hard stuff because that's how they got to where they are. If they can change, then you might be right but there's no evidence they even recognize there's a problem so it's doubtful they will. Also, if you're doubting I'm right, remember that they had a prolonged and public search for a CEO to do just that and every single one told them no despite them bringing in billions in continuing revenue and positively dominating in OS marketshare. I should mention that I personally hope they can do this. A customer-focused Microsoft would be a great thing to have but no one could make an argument that it is what we have now.
tl:dr: Windows phone sucks because Microsoft doesn't know wtf they want to achieve with the platform
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what's that?
I Always saw Steve Jobs as a closeted . He was like a girl suffering with Premenstrual syndrome the whole time. And Mac was a gayish product since the nineties.
My note2 has yet to bug out on me whereas my ipad became obsolete within a yr or yr 1/2, my imac just died on me the other week (granted it's from late 2009) but had been slow and useless for yrs.
I Always saw Steve Jobs as a closeted . He was like a girl suffering with Premenstrual syndrome the whole time. And Mac was a gayish product since the nineties.
people realizing their favorite devices have been getting their asses kicked by a company
But you own a Samsung
I own an Ericsson T28 imo.
Two things that suck rhyme together
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