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by freehunter 2571 days ago
Microsoft only put Office on Android after their own mobile OS failed. It's not like it was some super altruistic effort on their part.
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unfortunate (but necessary) move, considering part of the reason it failed is because Google yanked support (and later certification of Microsoft's implementations of) Google services like YouTube.

It wasn't only the lack of Google apps mind you, but they do have a certain degree of kingmaking ability with whether they put apps on your platform or not.