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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit
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Yeah, visually there are alternatives on Android, but there were a few features built into WP that Android doesn’t fundamentally support that made the whole difference.
Like having your SO’s all accounts merged under a single node, and seeing everything related to her, be it from WhatsApp, Mail, SMS, Photo Shares etc inside a single tile was awesome. Can Android do that in 2024?
HTC had Blinkfeed for a while which was kind of similar to People Hub. It probably wouldn't even be feasible these days as so many services have put their APIs behind paywalls.