Ask Paul: January 3 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and Happy New Year! Here’s the first Ask Paul of 2020, with another great set of questions from readers.
Thurrott.com in 2020
lwetzel asks:

Any hints of what is to come for Thurrott.com in 2020? Site changes, Paul, Brad, Mahedi changes?

We’ve long plotted a major site re-do for 2020, and hopefully, that will come together more quickly than the similar work that was done to Petri.com in 2019: I feel like the lessons we learned there will inform what we do on this site. But I’m not sure when that work begins, as there are still some things to finish at Petri first too.

At some point, we’ll have our first all-hands meeting of the year, and we’ll talk through our ideas/plans for the site, both the re-do and beyond. I hope I can write more about this soon. I’m not trying to be coy, but there’s just not much to say right now.
Windows phone is still dead
ErichK asks:

Hi Paul. I read an interesting statement made by someone on Reddit in regards to the recent termination of Windows Phone support (I'm sorry to bring this up, but it's the topic that refuses to die, you know what I mean?). It went something along the lines of, "Now we have two choices left ... an advertising company and a premium design brand." What's your reaction to that?

It's true enough. But aside from a small burst of excitement when Nokia adopted Windows phone, the real choice has always been between an advertising company and a premium brand. And the ad company is winning bigtime by volume: About 85 percent of the market to 15.

The iPhone certainly has it’s advantages. But if you are/were a Windows phone fan, Android is the obvious choice because of the sheer amount of device choices, the customizability, and the Microsoft integration stuff.
Mandalorian wrap-up
helix2301 asks:

Was wondering your thoughts on Mandalorian now that the series is over?

No worries, no spoilers.

I did like it overall, but I’d probably have liked it better all along if I could have just binge-watched it from the beginning. It’s slow-moving and kind of meanders, especially in the first few episodes. The music was eh. The storyline was a bit weak. There were way too many insider references; they need to tone that down, because it’s distracting. I’m happy for them to make more shows, both future seasons of this show and whatever else. I will never tire of Star Wars.
Windows Search changes
staganyi asks:

Windows search changes. Can't remember when, but recently search within explorer changed to some new engine and I know a bunch of people were having issues. Personally, I noticed the "current folder" search option no longer works (it still searches the subfolders). Curious if you've heard/experienced anything about this.

No, no issues here: Searching the current folder in Windows 10 version 2004 works like it always has. I know that Microsoft changed File Explorer search in version 2004 so that it can search online (meaning in O...

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