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Re:Apple's famous walled garden is starting to show cracks by GeekyBear on Sunday January 13, 2019 @10:51AM (#18897098)
Alternately, Microsoft could step in with the various service layers they developed for Windows Phone.

If they were to open source alternatives to Google's Play Services and give developers a low or no cost app distribution method, I could imagine them doing a lot of business hosting instances of those service layers on Azure.

Developers get lower costs and Microsoft picks up more cloud share.

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Re:Apple's famous walled garden is starting to show cracks by mikhailt on Sunday January 13, 2019 @11:00AM (#18897137)
They already did started that with their Android launcher; Arrow. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft....)

It'a also why they're updating Windows 10 steadily to support integrating with Android deeply as well.

Not to mention they've working on their Linux subsystem for Windows (WSL), cross-platform services and apps like VSC, buying Github, Xamarin, etc), and also porting/improving macOS apps like Visual Studio and Office on macOS.

Microsoft's cash cow is now their services and why they're turning previous Windows and Office cash cows into subscription services. I suspect they plan to do an overall Microsoft service; get Windows, Office, OneDrive, and Surface for a monthly price.

Which is what I suspect Apple will do as well as Google; all of them will do software+hardware bundle subscription service. Imagine paying 100$ a month to get latest hardware and software all the time.

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