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Re:Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all... by scarface74 on Sunday June 23, 2019 @10:01AM (#20255543)
The iPhone taught us that however obscure or bad your ecosystem is, developers will come to your platform if demand is there.

The console market has been teaching us that since the late 70s....

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Re:Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all... by statictype on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:54PM (#20260401)
Great point. As locked-down as Apple's ecosystem is, it pales in comparison to what console manufacturers were like.
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