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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It did have YouTube and maps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WP had a far superior 3rd party YouTube app than any other platform's first party app at the time. The only reason why they didn't have a first party was because Google was intentionally throwing road blocks to prevent it from happening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They also had Nokia's maps which at the time were somehow faaar superior to Google's, even though Google Maps was the most popular platform.