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bo_woods But how does that stop Ms from rolling updates out themselves is what I still don't understand? As an analogy if you take five friends (phones) from me and claim them as your own, but I still have their contact info ( phone specifics), then there's still nothing stopping me from sending messages to them (updates)
Carriers don't want Microsoft's phones that much. So Microsoft kinda has to force it onto them in a discounted bulk and be at their mercy.
Even though believe it or not a ton of people want a third os to succeed to help cut dependence from Google. But many see Windows Phone as an utter failure so they tend to look elsewhere and remain skeptical of Microsoft's endeavors.
There's a lot more behind the scenes going on in the world of tech than some realize. :P