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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Yeah, I agree.

    The main incentive twirled around UWP mentality, “Write one app that works on Windows, WP and Xbox automagically”.

    I think it was a fucking-a-star idea that could gather fresh developers to a big potential userbase. And surprisingly, it worked for a time as well.

    But MS again cold-feeted the platform themselves in a short span and scared everyone.

    I actually witnessed many brilliant developers wrote their very first C# code with UWP, only to spin out to other platforms later as WinPhone’s apparent neglect. PocketCasts and Flipboard are two that went very successful on other platforms.


  • To be honest, Windows Phone OS was a marvel in terms of user experience and design language. It was a fresh breath on interacting and utilizing the new always online world.

    Calling it ‘Bad Software’ is not fair at all.

    Too bad MS picked every possible bad decision to cripple it, starting with not putting it’s weight behind the OS at all.

    I really, really miss the feeling of being in control of my whole digital existence with just a single glance.









  • Consider having a SteamDeck.

    I used Steam Link, Mi Box, Shield Pro, Apple TV and Steam Deck for streaming indoors. Latency-wise Deck beats all by 3 miliseconds, APTV and Shield ties in second (all three have latency under 16ms [1 frame in 60fps]). APTV + Moonlight supports wireless gamepad rumble and all other Dualsense features, also HDR. Shield is hit and miss especially with newer controllers.

    Deck supports every combination, plus you can stream your Xbox (or Game Pass Cloud) and PS5 to Deck if you have either.