Originally Posted by
elindalyne I disagree there... They're not just targeting phones with Islandwood, they're targeting all Windows 10 devices.
You mean a bigger user base could attract developers?
That has been discussed many times. People don't use apps on the PC and Windows tablet sales are low. This could change but It takes time, maybe years.
With Astoria Microsoft was taking responsibility of doing most of the work of porting apps and developers needed to do a little or zero work. Astoria was an easy path to port apps to WP, without Astoria things are a lot more difficult.