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Microsoft tried and then pulled a google i.e. they randomly gave up on something people were actively using.


I might not remember well but I thought the App Store on windows phone was super lacking and actively falling further behind despite a bunch of efforts to prop it up.

Not commenting on if the phones were good / used I never had one :) just trying to remember the state of things back then




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