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Completely agree. I think they have been slowly making moves into this space over the last 4-5 years (probably longer, but slowly gaining momentum in that time)

Completely agree. I think they have been slowly making moves into this space over the last 4-5 years (probably longer, but slowly gaining momentum in that time). I think my read on the new custom domain support is the same as yours. It's clearly a limited beta without the label. They are moving at a snails pace, but a lot of the pieces are there. Numbers is just garbage, though. If they want to seriously play in the docs space, they need to fix it. They also need a simple database solution. They've got Claris, and could bring that to the table if they wanted. Apple also has a serious reputation problem when it comes to reliability in this space. Personally, as excited as I am about all this, I'm hesitant based on their track record.

vineyardmike 5y ago
> they need to fix it. They also need a simple database solution I actually disagree. (improvements are always welcome though). There are so many different products in this space from MSFT to Google Docs, Quip, Confluence, Notion, etc. They're never going to actually make stuff for everyone. Their move should just be to handle the licenses. My work buys all MSFT products, yet most people use quip docs instead. But we also pay for google docs, and confluence. Most places probs use more than one redundant tool, so you just need a "good enough" bundled-in tool. If they can handle licenses and sales of the software, they can continue to collect their apple tax even if their app store gets trust-busted in the future. This can be a way to preserve app store revenue. Especially since businesses are whales compared to regular consumers.