If you’re a Windows Phone user, there’s another kick in the teeth today as the BBC has announced it’s dropping support for the platform from April this year.
A specific date for when the service will stop hasn’t been announced, but the BBC has no intention of offering an alternative app for the platform.
Instead it encourages you to update to Windows 10 Mobile and watch BBC content through the Edge browser.
Downloading programs to your phone won’t be possible through Edge, so you’ll need to just grab it on the go and stream it directly to your Windows Phone device.
No more Poldark
The BBC said in a statement, “When the BBC iPlayer app was originally created it was not technically possible to playback BBC programmes via the browser.
“As it’s now possible to playback via the browser it’s no longer cost effective for the BBC to maintain a BBC iPlayer app for Windows mobile devices.”
Back in May last year, it was revealed Windows Phone’s market share dropped below 1%. With an install base so low, most companies don’t find it financially viable to create and support apps for the platform.
The BBC has never developed a BBC News app for Windows Phone, and considering Microsoft’s platform is missing apps such as Snapchat, Tinder and even Gmail it’s a difficult sell to get people on board.
Sourse: techradar.com
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Are there really still people with Windows Phones out there? Bless em.
yes a few of us still here, but not for much longer.
You deserve better sir… as does everyone else.
And this, my friends, is the reason why Microsoft is doomed to embarrassing failure in the mobile space (Surface Phone or no Surface Phone). Without a comprehensive app ecosystem, why would any consumer willingly want to buy into Windows Phone instead of Android or iOS? The only hope for them is a tie-up with Blackberry in order to establish themselves in the business and enterprise markets, but even that may not be enough…..
They tried the same with Nokia and it ended up bring down Nokia, a dominant player back then. If you take a look at Android and IOS, their user experience is quite similar, but Windows with their arrogance seems to think the two OSs are wrong, now add to the App ecosystem problem, i don’t they will ever make it, they are too late, Blackberry should stick with android and Apple might soon be interested business and enterprise markets.