Apple cares desperately about exclusivity since even before Cook. If Android has the same games and the same apps then there is less reason to favor iOS. Ther

Apple cares desperately about exclusivity since even before Cook. If Android has the same games and the same apps then there is less reason to favor iOS. There is nothing sacrificed to move between platforms. They don't care for any technology that fosters multi-platform games or apps. Apple Arcade could basically be called "Games Never On Android". > Here’s what being “exclusive to Apple Arcade” means. The game is a mobile-exclusive and cannot be released on other mobile operating systems ... Video game consoles are not considered mobile https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/13/apple-arcade-exclusive-means-not-on-android-consoles-are-fair-game/amp/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/13/apple-arcade-exclusive-means-... They even banned Unity3d, Mono and the concept of 'cross compilers' while they were waging war on Flash, who at that point were perfecting cross-platform compiling from Flash "the IDE" to native Android and iOS apps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_on_Flash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_on_Flash > desire to avoid "a third party layer of software coming between the platform and the developer" They even are on record complaining about Amazon promoting Kindle books being accessible cross-platform. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/31/emails-apple-blocked-kindle-purchases/ https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/31/emails-apple-blocked-ki... > While the primary message is that there are Kindle apps on lots of devices, the secondary message [something garbled] is that it is easy to switch from iPhone to Android