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mattkevan on May 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3

That's not the case. Microsoft make their money selling software, Apple, hardware. Once Apple have got your money for the device they don't care what you run on it. See Bootcamp.

Nerdfest on May 20, 2014 [–]

How do you explain iOS?

mattkevan on May 21, 2014 | [–]

They're selling an experience, not a widget.

Of course the app store revenues don't hurt, but at the most basic level they don't want the user to screw up the 'it just works-nesss' of it.

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