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People still crave Windows Phone as its fan-made marketplace gets new features
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this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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Windows phone was great, what killed it was Microsoft's clueless management.
yeah i was hype about it until MS basically big timed everyone and was like "everyone will switch when they see how good the OS is, and then people will HAVE to make apps for it"
all while charging a fee