Apple does not have a great reputation for cloud services, but it keeps trying. I discovered by accident today that Apple now offers browser-based apps for Numbers, Keynote, and Pages. Work that you have done on your iPad or your desktop can now also be modified using a web browser. I guess this is interesting, but it took me a while to see what advantages the web version might offer. Perhaps you do not want to pay for the desktop apps, but want to continue work you have started on your iPad (since the desktop apps cost $20 and the iOS versions are free this might be one use case). I do still like working on the desktop for bigger projects and the cross device capabilities with the iPad may be helpful.
The web version allows collaboration in real time. I admit I have never collaborated in real time when this was possible (Google), but it does sound interesting.
Google, Apple and Microsoft now have slight different versions of the same cross device / web model. Competition is good.
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