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Think it depends on the lens you view this with.

If it's iphones have reached saturation with small business owners, let's build a business on top of that already dug and locked in moat, then perhaps.

If it's offering this feature is a driver for more small business owners buying and sticking with iphones and the accompanying ecosystem, you can see how it's perhaps the smarter play to be an open platform here.




Right - the last thing Apple wants is to let Google take the high ground of "only our platform makes this business-critical API available to multiple apps, therefore if you're a small business owner you need to choose Android."




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