Why did Windows Phone fail?

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  • licensing
  • failure to attract app developers
  • lack of Google services like Google maps, YouTube, gmail.
  • botched Windows 8 which led to an unjustified bad image of WP
  • startup developers did not trust Microsoft based on its past

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It sounds plausible. I never had a Windows phone. I do not see myself enjoying it. But I think it would have been a very nice alternative especially in comparison to the Android of today.

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