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by ksec 1860 days ago
>it's always funny how Apple......

This has been explained multiple times. Xbox is a specific gaming platform. iPhone is a general computing platform. Where all kind of business from different industry ( Not just Games ) using Apps ( or anything connecting to the internet ) are relying on it in the modern society.
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mcphage 1860 days ago
> Xbox is a specific gaming platform. iPhone is a general computing platform.

You've got it backwards—the only reason the Xbox is a gaming platform and not a computing platform is because Xbox doesn't want to allow other people to sell software on it. It's a distinction without a difference.

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Google234 1860 days ago
iPhone is not a general computing platform, its a phone. They don’t advertise it as a general computing platform.
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ksec 1860 days ago
It is used as one, where multiple business sector interact. Not just Gaming, aka Xbox.

And one would have a very hard time to argue if iPhone was just a phone, in court or not.

And those who downvoted couldn't understand the difference as Appliance or platform based whether multiple industry interacts.

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