Why Apple Has 'Little To Lose, A Lot To Gain' By Expanding Its Services To Android Devices

$Apple(AAPL.US)$ maintains its ecosystem as a walled garden, and it has served it well so far. The company, however, stands to gain by opening up, according to an Apple specialist.
As opposed to the thinking among some Apple executives that such a move may hurt iPhone sales, Gurman feels the opposite is true. Allowing services on Android will expose more people to the Apple brand, opening up the floodgates to revenue from a platform with billions of users, he added.
Apple announced last year it will allow customers to create links in FaceTime so that Android users can join calls. This, according to Gurman, is a step toward exposing Android fans to the Apple ecosystem.
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Apple TV+: The streaming service on Android will likely help it to better compete with rivals such as $Netflix(NFLX.US)$ , Hulu, $Disney(DIS.US)$ Disney+ etc.
Apple Books: The app for reading and buying books, including audio versions, hasn't been able to be the leader in the segment, as it doesn't exist on Android devices, especially tablets.
iCloud Notes, Calendar, Mail, Reminders: Several Mac owners actually rely on Android smartphones, and therefore it is only logical that Apple should make it easy to sync with iCloud.
"Putting those apps on Android would greatly expand the user base of Apple's social tools, but it could also loosen the company's hold on its $200-billion-a-year smartphone business," Gurman said.