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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This was the downfall of BlackBerry as well.

QNX-based BB10 OS was phenomenal, and their hardware was top notch.

It was the lacking app ecosystem that killed it.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

You need to read up on the fall of Blackberry. It was extremely badly mismanaged. It wasn't the lack of apps that killed them.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was a BB developer right around the time of their demise. It never mattered how good or bad their OS was, because the development environment for BB was complete shit - which was a big part of why nobody wrote apps for it.