This is just getting disheartening.

[dzdj]

We've all been faithful to this platform. Developers fix the shortcomings of the platform, then the service providers **** all over us and start blocking Windows Phone from being able to use their services with no first party solution.

At what point do we just accept that Windows Phone is just going to be buried by app developers because Microsoft has failed recruiting big services?

I don't buy that Nokia has made deals with App Devs, I just don't. After this Instance-Instagram and Snapchat-Swapchat nonsense, I am starting to think we will never win. With 8.1 looking like a 2014 update, that's too long to wait around for updates. By that time, we will be talking iOS8/Key Lime Pie and the next generation of iPhone and Android devices.

What is going on in Redmond?

 

[rockstarzzz]

I will have to close this thread and link you up with a few more where you can talk and discuss with other users about it. I will need some time to compile that list for you but feel free to browse stickied threads in the forums for similar discussions.