Why is this being downvoted? Apple's financial success is a completely different beast from the monopoly that Microsoft enjoyed fifteen years ago. Even today (!

Why is this being downvoted? Apple's financial success is a completely different beast from the monopoly that Microsoft enjoyed fifteen years ago. Even today (!!) teachers and recruiters demand Microsoft Word files. My clients regularly force Skype and Google crap on me. In contrast, when has anyone ever demanded that you use an iPhone in a world where most devices run Android?