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by wildwood 4759 days ago
The main difference is the margin. IPhones sell, reportedly, at a 58% margin. The profit margin on Windows has, in the past, sometimes exceeded 90%.

Amazon is retail. They make 12% margins in a good year. Which is one big reason why Amazon will put significant effort into a new market with a 25% margin, that the others would turn up their noses at.