Microsoft in Bill Gates' era understood the importance of piracy. He said, "As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours."
Windows Phone in my opinion is suffering because of its nonexistent piracy - sideloading was near impossible for normal users.
Imagine downloading 3gb+ visual studio just to unlock your phone.
My siblings loved my 925 but then they asked, "How do you get apps?"
I replied, "From the store."
They responded, "So, no flashshare?"
I said, "No." And that was the end of it.
I could see the stupidity in Microsoft's previous focus on low end phones targeted at emerging markets. Because emerging markets NEED piracy.
Microsoft in Bill Gates' era understood the importance of piracy. He said, "As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours."
Windows Phone in my opinion is suffering because of its nonexistent piracy - sideloading was near impossible for normal users.
Imagine downloading 3gb+ visual studio just to unlock your phone.
My siblings loved my 925 but then they asked, "How do you get apps?"
I replied, "From the store."
They responded, "So, no flashshare?"
I said, "No." And that was the end of it.
I could see the stupidity in Microsoft's previous focus on low end phones targeted at emerging markets. Because emerging markets NEED piracy.