The thing about Familiars is that you can cast on things you view remotely through them. The fact that you are viewing them remotely is what allows you to do so; there's no reason you should be able to cast remotely on the familiar before you've chosen to share senses (but the fact that it's reflexive makes it a moot point, practically speaking).
But even if we were to assume that you always can do that because the Familiar has Connected Sympathy, the advantage is still not the same as that stated in Soul Windows because you still need to use a Reach for remote viewing. The other difference is that you can cast through your Familiar while Soul Windows only states you can cast on the soulstone itself.
Soul Windows references a rule that doesn't exist. The best thing to do is to either consider it a feature of that particular spell alone, or just ignoring it because it's not an actual rule. I'm personally leaning heavily towards the latter because I very much prefer consistency in how the rules of magic are applied.
But even if we were to assume that you always can do that because the Familiar has Connected Sympathy, the advantage is still not the same as that stated in Soul Windows because you still need to use a Reach for remote viewing. The other difference is that you can cast through your Familiar while Soul Windows only states you can cast on the soulstone itself.
Soul Windows references a rule that doesn't exist. The best thing to do is to either consider it a feature of that particular spell alone, or just ignoring it because it's not an actual rule. I'm personally leaning heavily towards the latter because I very much prefer consistency in how the rules of magic are applied.
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