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While the bytes streamed in, Marcus leaned back and thought about exclusivity: the way tech ecosystems gatekeep, the way certain experiences were designed for specific platforms. Here was Apple software, tailored in a small, specialized build that only recognized 64-bit Windows 10—an unlikely handshake between two competing philosophies. He imagined engineers in Cupertino carefully pruning features so the update would be clean, compact, respectful of the unfamiliar terrain it now walked on.