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		mattferderer on April 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start ... Windows 8 & Windows phone had a lot of good things going for it that would eventually get no resources & thrown out. They also had many design ideas borrowed by iOS & Android.

causi on April 18, 2023 | [–]

They also had many design ideas borrowed by iOS & Android.

Yeah, because it was a gods-be-damned mobile experience in a desktop operating system.

dmonitor on April 18, 2023 | [–]

I’m glad Windows ate shit trying to get into mobile. Maybe it was functional, but Windows is fucking ugly compared to iOS, MacOS, and even Android.

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