I really understand and get why Microsoft went this route to add support to IOS and Android it's about the money ... but where I think where they went wrong at is not having "EXCLUSIVE" features just for Windows devices. Sure IOS and Android users will still get a great experience. Just like Xbox and Ps4 you can get the same game but one console will have that exclusive feature that could make the buyer go with their platform. Does anyone know if Microsoft ever considered doing this outside of Xbox?
I love their strategy. I want my services anywhere I go. Services and software is where Microsoft has always made it's money.. They are just getting back to that.
The exclusive features is the core is and how the user interacts with it... If ever one could get the same apps on al three devices, what would be the problem then? The android crowd would still want to root their phone.. The apple crown would still like their camp and so called premium ecosystem, but windows would be a true player in the race. Windows, or was for the majority of time, very stable easy, efficient for the user and its resources, good hardware, etc.
I personally prefer the windows ecosystem, even though I just purchased an android phone to use as my daily driver till the surface phone comes. $150 for a blu life one x and I still have every Microsoft service I had on windows. Now I am typing this on my 640. I am happy where Microsoft is going and I really think he future will bring about a change.
Exclusive features to force and lock me to something pisses me off to the point I will not use it and run for the hills. Being open makes me want to go in and make a home.
We are really in a time where devices are throw-aways, how wasteful. All we want is our data and services from to be available no matter where we are or what we use.
I like windows OS the best. I miss how much easier getting to my OneDrive data, pics, and such is on my 640... So happy my android phone is backwards compatible. I don't skip a beat going between phones. I am very surprised with how far android has come... Very stable and I think the "smartest" is out there in terms of features and implementation. There is no beat OS, but I like and trust windows more. I don't trust google nor like them much anymore... They are not fair, ao I make sure to use as many Microsoft services as I can. Not interested in apples ecosystem one bit.