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"People didn't dig the chatbots we forced on them. It must ve because we've fallen behind"
The level of delusion, I swear
Windows phones were a good product with a UI problem. They could have changed up the UI and been fine. Instead they let Apple and Google and Huawei, LG, Motorola, and every other phone company eat their lunch. They gave up with a token resistance.
I never owned one, but I thought the main issue was the barren app ecosystem? Everyone I talked to that had one really liked the ui
I have an Android phone with a launcher that imitates the Windows Phone UI. It was excellent.
It may depend on the iteration you had. I remember very clearly that the touch interface was pretty good for a resistive touch screen, but I found icons and the interface to be made for ants and that was back when I had better than 20/20 vision. I also do remember that apps were pretty sparse.
I think the interface was better than Palms interface and Blackberry's but the iPhone in particular had a better easier to navigate UI, and android (even though they took a little bit to catch up), also generally had a better interface.
I feel like if you were a windows user it was fine. Other than that it just wasn't that great. But they didn't even try to compete once they got actual competition.
Edit: My experience with Windows phone was from the Windows phone 5 interface (back when it was similar to the desktop client before they did their tile touch iteration to make it more like windows 8).
So in fairness, it did get a little better but that was pretty much right before MS gave up on it entirely.
Actually I can tell you why they fuckered it up. They called it copilot instead of clippy.
Missed their chance to bring back Bob.
Internet Explorer, too late for the internet, because everyone now uses the first browser that was ever released. Windows mobile, too late for mobile phones, because Nokia were the early monopoly that will never end.
It's always the earliest product that becomes ubiquitous by default right?
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