Microsoft continues to strategically abandon its commitment to building the back-end to consumer-facing platforms like its Edge browser and Cortana assistant. Now it is ending support for Windows 10 Mobile OS.
For mobile devices, the company is recommending that customers move to a supported Android or iOS device, but where will Microsoft-centric developers go? According to SlashData, 11 percent of developers working on mobile projects are still primarily writing applications to work with a Windows OS, whether it be Phone, 8 or 10. Among this group, 51 percent are also working on Android applications, 36 percent on applications running in a mobile browser and 30 percent on iOS apps. As Microsoft vacates the mobile device space, the real winner appears to be developers writing code running within browsers themselves.
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