Was it their focus last year? When was the last time it was their focus? Everyone should have seen the writing on the wall when the Android projects were cancelled. I love the idea of Windows Phone, but it is so much easier to just use Microsoft's apps on Android and iOS and just let Windows Phone take care of itself. You don't have to upgrade to the latest and greatest to get Groove Music, or get maps to save to SD in HERE Maps, among other things. And its a lot cheaper, I just picked up a refurbished Moto E for $5 that will do the trick.
Maybe in the distant future, when Microsoft decides on one way of doing things, sticks with it, and does not reinvent the wheel, again, I'll come back around. And I did not invest a lot into WP 8.1; I only paid $40 for my 635. But it is the principle that I have a lot of problems with. I could have spent that money on an Android and experienced Microsoft's ecosystem in a better way a long time ago on Jellybean or KitKat instead of obsessing over what is going to happen to Windows Mobile. Right now the cheapest bet is to upgrade a 640 and deal with it, but then there are all of those Android and iOS apps one STILL does not have access to.
Do they want us to leave? Probably, if we're not spending any money and aren't evangelizing their platform. The big spenders that invested hundreds of dollars on their WP 8.1 have a lot more to lose and are in this a lot deeper than I was. We're not going to spend money on a new Windows 10 phone, and from what I keep reading, there are no compelling Windows 10 phones to give anyone reason to go all in on the platform. Maybe paying $20 a month on the Next program makes the pain a lot easier to tolerate, I don't know.
This is just a premium service that is not for everyone. All of the MVNO that support Windows Phone have expensive monthly plans. All of the cool Microsoft services, that are free on Android, cost money to continue to maintain (like Groove Music or OneDrive). Everything is just cheaper on Android; and while you get what you pay for in some respects in others that is not entirely the case. I actually prefer purchasing music from Google Play, whose albums and singles are cheaper, than I do from Microsoft which sells music at a premium. Ditto for the Movies and TV services where a free episode or free movie happens once in a blue moon on Microsoft's platform. I once paid 60 cents for a movie on Google Play.