[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 15:58:10 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> What made many of them drop WP was the lack of apps.

No it wasn’t. When Android started, it didn’t have the apps either: for 
years afterwards, developers still prioritized Apple’s platform, and only 
grudgingly did apps for Android.

But that didn’t stop Android becoming ridiculously popular and dominating 
the mobile world. Android was popular because it offered users such a huge 
choice of device form factors and capabilities, out of the box.

Microsoft was too focused on emulating the locked-down Apple model. 
Windows Phone devices were more defined by what they *couldn’t* do, rather 
than what they *could*. That’s why they failed.