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iNoles t1_iu93919 wrote

I remembered when Steve Ballmer thought iPhone was a joke that nobody would buy it.

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Sixstringerman t1_iu9okid wrote

Microsoft held an iphone funeral shortly after releasing their first Windows phone

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OverlyOptimisticNerd t1_iucc9o4 wrote

Windows Phone was amazing. Microsoft just couldn’t get out of their own way.

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frendzoned_by_yo_mom t1_iucx8qz wrote

Google blocking their services any way possible and Snapchat being also for some reason against Windows phones helped a lot

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mydogsnameisbuddy t1_iu9rlot wrote

The Ballmer years were dark times for Microsoft.

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SpeedyGoldenberg t1_iu9ru58 wrote

They still suck bro. They only rely on office and copying apples Mac OS features.

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aafnp t1_iua4228 wrote

You realize Microsoft is the most diversified of all the tech companies, right? Office and windows aren’t even two of their biggest businesses or growth generators.

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15000yuki t1_iub3qau wrote

There you're wrong.

People know Microsoft from their Windows and Office. Surprisingly their most profit is from cloud business.

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jnlake2121 t1_iua3z4j wrote

They got Xbox. But I do miss their phones from the 2010s. I personally liked it more than androids OS

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