Microsoft Edge’s new sign-in option is a quiet admission of defeat on mobile

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The latest Canary build of Edge includes flags that, if enabled, let you sign into the browser with your Apple account. Google account support rolled out recently and now support for Apple accounts appears to be on the way. Microsoft bought up popular apps like Wunderlist and SwiftKey to make a Microsoft experience on mobile platforms made by Google and Apple. Back in 2015, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about his "iPhone Pro," which was just a normal iPhone with a bunch of Microsoft apps on it. These days, several Microsoft apps feel like abandonware and others lag behind the competition.