• Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
  • WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11
  • Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    Both expected and unexpected. WSA was a major feature announcement when it was originally released, and M$ isn’t normally like Google when it comes to dropping projects.

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      8 months ago

      Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Family Room, Zune, Expression. When products don’t create enough revenue they get axed.

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        8 months ago

        While absolutely true, Google has a reputation and history of killing off huge swaths of projects widely adopted by end users, even if they were theoretically profitable.

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        8 months ago

        That’s not always true.

        There are a few reasons as to why one would keep low/no profit or even completely unprofitable projects going.

        It’s all tied to their value proposition. For example, if you can sustain a no profit project, it will bring you new customers despite creating no revenue. A glaring example of high-value yet unprofitable product would be Twitch, all because it brings in data.