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Re:Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring ... by ergomarky on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:31PM (#17044069)
This would still encourage people to buy iPhones though, it's just a bridge between Your Phone (the app on Windows in question) and your iPhone so you can reply to (i)Messages on windows as you do a Mac.

Don't really see why they would be vehemently against this.

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Re:Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring ... by dvfjsdhgfv on Friday May 11, 2018 @07:38AM (#17046464)
That's one more reason to buy a Mac, and when people buy a new machine they usually factor in several reasons.
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Re:Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring ... by threeseed on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:33PM (#17044087)
Apple makes a lot more money from Macs than iPhones.

And along with Continuity is a key pillar of the "Apple products work better together" marketing message.

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Re:Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring ... by vecter on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:41PM (#17044144)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/382260/segments-share-re...

Apple makes way more money from iPhones than Macs.

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Re:Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring ... by shadowfacts on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:43PM (#17044156)
Not by a long shot they don't. In Q1 2018, Apple made nine times more money from iPhones than it did from Macs [1].

[1]: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/Q1_FY18_Data_Summary.pdf

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