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The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com)
Ammalgam writes: Microsoft's CMO recently admitted that Microsoft was behind in the mobile arena and needed time to build a competitive phone. In the Windows community however, some feel that the Windows Phone platform is out of time. On Windows10Update.com, the author discusses some of the reasons why a "Surface Phone" might not be enough to fundamentally change public perception about Microsoft mobile phones.
What killer Windows phone apps ever made any waves? None.
They can't. The API set is so god damn restrictive that there's a lot of shit you just can't even do on the platform that you can on iOS/Android/Win32. Universal App slightly alleviated that problem, but barely.
Slightly off topic, but what's particularly annoying is the WP fan sites periodically name and shame different developers who either don't make an app or make one but don't add all of the same features, which typically results in a small but annoying flash mob on app developer forums about how they're assholes for not supporting WP and how they're going to boycott the developers of what is often a free app. Example, some derp shaming OpenVPN developers even though it's not possible to write an OpenVPN app for WP.