Yeah because every time they make a change people freak out because it breaks something. There are companies out there still relying on those ancient parts of windows.
There is a launcher I have been using for years that replicates the windows phone uix. It’s called metro launcher. Highly recommended.
I used to have a Nokia lumia and loved it.
I legitimately miss my WP7 device -- and this from an avid Linux user.
There was really something to be said for the simplicity of the UI on a mobile device. The app support was never there, but what did exist was very smooth and I always felt it a pleasure to use.
I always thought that the Windows tile system was a good UI for phones. Every time that I needed a new phone I checked out Windows phones but they were never ready.
The Android system that they proposed could have helped with the problem of not having the apps but it came too late.
I had a couple devices that ran windows (Nokia and a samsung) and they were great phones. I miss the designs for sure, but it did get pretty old pretty fast.
It's really a shame Windows phones didn't try harder to get developers to port their apps. That was the only real downer about owning a Windows phone in my experience.