Microsoft is shelving Wunderlist soon as it focuses on its own task management app To Do, which was formerly known as To-Do.
Now 6 Wunderkinder founder and original creator of Wunderlist Christian Reber wants to keep it alive, offering to buy it back from the Redmond company.
Wunderlist Could Still Live On
On Twitter, Reber expressed his remorse over Microsoft's decision to shut down Wunderlist.
Still sad @Microsoft wants to shut down @Wunderlist, even though people still love and use it. I’m serious @satyanadella @marcusash, please let me buy it back. Keep the team and focus on @MicrosoftToDo, and no one will be angry for not shutting down @Wunderlist. pic.twitter.com/27mIABncLF — Christian Reber (@christianreber) September 6, 2019
Wunderlist was released in 2011. Microsoft then acquired the app, which had more than 13 million users at the time, from 6 Wunderkinder in 2015, a deal that's rumored to have amounted between $100 million and $200 million. In 2017, Microsoft announced that it's retiring Wunderlist and introduced To-Do.
At the moment, Wunderlist is still working, but according to Microsoft, it'll shut it down for good when its new To Do app has all the features of Wunderlist.
Microsoft hasn't responded to Reber's offer yet, and there doesn't seem to be any sign that it will.
If Wunderlist Survives
Reber also posted on Twitter the changes he would make if Microsoft agrees to sell back Wunderlist to him.
What I would do with @Wunderlist if I would get it back: pic.twitter.com/DYslu8mhOp — Christian Reber (@christianreber) September 8, 2019
In the thread, fans of the app are chiming in with suggestions of their own, such as calendar integration. Reber also said that he's considering making "another Wunderlist" but that it isn't easy.
The New To Do
Microsoft has just announced the new To Do app, highlighting customization features for backgrounds and color themes. It even has the iconic Berlin TV tower seen in Wunderlist, which seems to be in a bid to ease the transition for Wunderlist users to the To Do app.
Put simply, the company is making its task management app more like Wunderlist, and by the same token, it's making a rather direct replacement for it, perhaps in preparation of closing down Wunderlist once and for all.
