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Yeah.

Windows Phone 8 – all the apps, none of the functionality.

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You need drivers to get your internet to work with Windows 7?

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Windows XP called, it would like you to meet its grand-kids.

about 14 hours ago on Google engineer publicizes Windows zero-day bug, claims Microsoft is 'difficult to work with' 1 reply 2 recommends

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Uhm, not on desktops and laptop it doesn’t.

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Knew it.

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Yes, it’s wonderful that Google engineers are seemingly better than MS one’s, with all the bugs they are reporting on a regular basis, but is there a need to be an elitist prick?

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Sure it was, but then no one uses Linux on the consumer space so you would really affect a handful of people by publishing a fix that wasn’t properly tested.

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You can’t patent a laptop in a market you didn’t really start.

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Google just launched their music service. Sorry if the selection isn’t as good as Xbox music, the interface is probably better.

But yes, there no YouTube alternative.

1 day ago on Microsoft defies Google, WP YouTube app still available 1 reply 1 recommend

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Yes, because they don’t have their own alternative.

/s

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I hope they don’t cave, otherwise this makes the entire exercise mostly pointless.

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That’s the issue I imagine they’re toying with. The expense would be huge.

However, there is the option of a current style AppleTV with a beefed up experience and capability and then the ‘better’ option of having the TV with everything built in.

Who knows. I think it can be done with the right engineering and approach, and if anyone can do it, it’s Apple.

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Really, those are only the parts of the world Apple has real interest in, primarily.

1 day ago on Xbox One won't lead the post-TV revolution and here's why... 1 reply

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People are once again underestimating Apple.

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As much as I would love backwards compatibility, he’s right when you think about it.

1 day ago on Microsoft's Xbox head: 'If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards'

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And MS know this.

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How about MS pays Google to build it? Then MS gets what they want and Google doesn’t lose any money.

Does that seem fair?

If so, I’ll pass it onto the lawyers and we’ll make it happen.

Nice doing business, Mr. Page.

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It seems fairly unfeasible given the foothold that Microsoft and Sony have at this point plus the very little experience Apple has in the market.

Well, yes, but then look what happened to the mobile market once Apple got involved.

I realize that much of this isn’t as possible anymore because Jobs’ has moved on, but it has happened before.

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Actually, I think it’s the other way round (and this is coming from a mostly anti-Apple user, although I do hold shares in said company).

An integrated experience is what MS is trying to do with the XBO. Now, what would be more integrated than an Apple TV, with 4k and all the regular ‘i’ services built in (runs a form of iOS, Airplay and everything else works with all iDevices available)?

I think that with a single release, such as a TV, Apple could enter the market and be at the same level (or better) as all the other competitors. Mainly because MS is still building their ecosystem in terms of modern age integration – Apple has already achieved this for the most part, and created whole new markets in the process.

Apple’s hardware is just about the best around, and their software is pretty solid too. It’s meant to be idiot-proof for the most part, but it’s why I think you see so many goofballs using Mac’s and iOS.

But an AppleTV with iTunes, sharing and easy accessibility across all the devices in the ecosystem would do really, really well, IMO of course.

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Simple answer: because they don’t want WP to grow.

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Not until Apple starts one.

(Mostly serious.)

1 day ago on Xbox One won't lead the post-TV revolution and here's why... 1 reply 2 recommends

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Yes same reason HBO would have the right to pull an app that pulls game of thrones from hbo go website or hulu would have the right to pull an app that pulls hulu content and wraps it into an app. There is no difference.

Holy shit, of course there is a difference.

You cannot view HBO or HULU content just by visiting m.hbo.com or m.hulu.com, because those don’t exist.

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At the same time, I believe MS has far more experience with optimizing their software to run on specific hardware. You can have all the power in the world, but it means nothing if you don’t have the software to use it efficiently.

Example: WP Single Core devices where highly optimized for the dated hardware they ran on.

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The problem is it doesn’t work properly on 3/5 platforms.

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It’s technically always been illegal, if you want to be a strict law abiding citizen.

They are just finding better ways to enforce this.

I’m fine with it, I don’t lend or borrow games and I only buy a few titles every year.

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But if they are losing money, then why not build an official app?

Do you not see how ridiculous this is?

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