Owning a compute platform is an extremely powerful asset, that all tech giants are fighting for. Especially as computing became something that average Joe does,

Owning a compute platform is an extremely powerful asset, that all tech giants are fighting for. Especially as computing became something that average Joe does, compared to a geeky hobby. With mobile platforms, it allows you to control what competitors apps can do and exclude your apps from same limits (like full control over notifications), you can charge border line extortion prices for purchases on your platform (30% is margin to kill for in any business), gives you all the analytics about what people are doing (no need to spyware or sketchy vpns - you get sources data about all downloads, purchases, even running apps to some extent), and many, many more. I don’t know will be the next big computing platform, but I’m 100% sure tech giants will be fighting super hard and dirty to dominate it.