Windows is dying. Not just the phone. Sorry, there really is no two ways about it. This little engine can chug itself over the hill for the next few years, but it's all downhill from there.

I use a Windows desktop and I constantly find myself wondering: "what am I paying MS for?". I personally like to use Word (even though it's too bloated for my needs), but clients ask for work to be in Google Docs so they can share and comment better.

My Windows experience is now largely limited to opening Chrome and doing virtually everything in it. I might open up Notepad from time to time to make a quick few notes. But that's mostly out of habit, not necessity.

Don't say "but I code on it". If you're a coder, you're already a specialized use case.

The majority of the world simply doesn't need a bloated Windows OS to run their browsers.

I'd be shorting Microsoft if I were an investor.

P.S.: I was also an early Windows Phone user because I loved the UI (still the best in the business IMO). I dumped the phone after 1 year when it constantly crashed on me (Nokia Lumia 720), had terrible apps, and didn't have half the features of my friends' iPhones and Androids. It got a notification center just about two years ago. And I still can't find apps on the marketplace that aren't cheap clones.