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Tl;dr: dude works in school where they use Google Docs, which run better in a desktop web browser than the corresponding iOS app.

• saagarjha 8y ago
  I’m pretty sure that Google purposely cripples their office suite on mobile Safari and iOS because it helps their narrative of iPad not being a “proper” computer, which helps them sell Chromebooks.
  • etse 8y ago
    Or more charitably, underallocates resources to keep feature parity. Yes, to sell more Chromebooks, but is Apple’s iWork suite available on the Chrome Store?
    • chenglou 8y ago
      It’s actually broadly available on iCloud.com and works very well.
    • duskwuff 8y ago
      It isn't explicitly a Chrome app, but there are web versions of the iWork apps available through icloud.com, and they work pretty decently in a browser.
  • jmole 8y ago
    This is 100% not true. Enterprise adoption of GSuite is infinitly more valuable to Google than chromebook sales, and that means having well-supported apps on iOS, which is the BYOD platform of choice for most office workers. Like another comment mentioned, it's much more likely that the web version, which constitutes the major use case for the app (chromebook, windows, macOS, etc.) just has a boatload more developers working on it.
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      I mean, when you can have your cake and eat it to by getting people to sign up for GSuite and buy Chromebooks, I see no reason why Google would want to release a good experience on iPad.
• hutattedonmyarm 8y ago
  To be fair, I'Ve found Google Docs (well, especially Google Sheets) to run like garbage on macOS Safari. Sometimes even completely breaking copy/paste etc