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Windows 10 Mobile Needs To Be Put Out of Its Misery (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the end-of-road dept.

From a column on BetaNews: It's time for Microsoft to pull the plug. Windows 10 Mobile has been on life support for a long time, and the software giant is only making things worse by not giving it the mercy killing it deserves. It may sound harsh, but there's no future for Windows on smartphones in its current state. Microsoft wants to keep the door open to future developments but, let's face it, when it decided to sell Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ through its stores it basically sealed its own platform's fate. There is no turning back from this. We know it and its fans know it too. [...] Really, the only reason I can see Microsoft developing Windows 10 Mobile -- or Windows on smartphones -- further is to give its fans the illusion that something could happen. One day. Someday. Eventually. Maybe. Hopefully. If all the stars align. And Apple and Google and all the other successful vendors are wiped out from the face of the Earth. Hey, it could happen!

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  1. I don't see why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Windows 10 Mobile is for the most part just windows 10 and runs the same "windows apps (non win32 variety)". There is no real reason to kill it.

  2. Such insight! by DogDude · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Such insight! Such a well thought out opinion piece. After reading it, I realized that Mr. Bamburic is right. How can I use a product knowing that so many other people don't? What will people think about my choice of phone? What an incredible loser I must be for using a relatively unpopular gadget. I'm running out today to replace my Windows 10 phone.

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    1. Re:Such insight! by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Whether you personally enjoy your Microsoft phone or not, it makes absolutely no sense for Microsoft to keep trying to exist in a space in which they have proven that they cannot compete. It's just costing them money. They have always been shit at it, it has never made them any money, and it never will.

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    2. Re:Such insight! by DogDude · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Face it, MS simply does not make products that people are excited to go out and buy (at least since Win95, over 20 years ago), they make products that people think they need because they dominate those particular markets (OS, Office software).

      Any business would be thrilled to offer products that people need instead of products that people want for the time being.

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  3. Retarded by LordWabbit2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is like someone saying, "there are more VW's than Mercedes on the road, Mercedes should just give up already", it's fucking retarded. You don't attempt to compete by giving up. If you don't like windows mobile don't buy a fucking phone with windows mobile on it, it's that simple. I know a lot of companies who prefer windows mobile because the ease of integration and security when paired with a windows based network, there IS a demand for it, albeit a bit low.

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  4. Replace ALL the Microsoft top managers? ReactOS? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "This indicates that they don't really have a clue..." ["They" are Microsoft top managers.]

    That's the underlying problem. Apparently Microsoft top managers are socially and mentally extremely limited.

    If you were a top manager of a software development company, would you do things that caused stories like this article to be written? Network World, Aug. 4, 2015: Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. Quote from that story: "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC."

    The abusiveness of many of the features of Windows 10 are like a multi-billion-dollar advertising campaign that very effectively says, "Dislike Microsoft products".

    The answer? Replace ALL the Microsoft top managers, in my opinion. Does anyone else have an idea that would fix the problems at Microsoft?

    Another solution: All countries and the U.S. could support ReactOS so that the Windows OS can be eliminated. No company should be allowed to have a virtual monopoly!

    Companies that are routinely abusive should be re-organized or eliminated.