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> Support for Android apps without needing to be redeveloped is a no-brainer in my opinion. Have you looked at the Android Play Store lately? Its Facebook, Net

> Support for Android apps without needing to be redeveloped is a no-brainer in my opinion. Have you looked at the Android Play Store lately? Its Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, the McDonalds app (#16 !?!?!) a few other social things, games ... and the rest is total crap. Why take this ocean of garbage onto a new platform (and at the same time, alienate existing developers who now must compete with Android apps)? If app popularity obeys power laws (0.005% of all apps make 60% of all app store revenue)[1], seems a better strategy is just to make sure you have the few essential apps necessary, and then provide great tools and encourage developers to write the rest. > At present there is no motivation for developers to develop for Windows Phone I've been developing for Android quite some time, and the economics of the platform are not appealing. There have been several articles saying the cost of Android app dev is between 20-30% (minimum) more expensive than iOS[2]. As Windows 10 adoption moves along, it will be more enticing to write a univeral app for that platform and mobile. [1] http://arc.applause.com/2015/11/11/app-discovery-strategy-and-monetization/ http://arc.applause.com/2015/11/11/app-discovery-strategy-an... [2] https://adtmag.com/articles/2015/11/02/android-ios-costs.aspx https://adtmag.com/articles/2015/11/02/android-ios-costs.asp...

lemevi 11y ago
> and the rest is total crap. Do you actually have an Android phone? Because this is totally not true at all. Like for example I just installed the imgur app and it's fantastic. I have 1password and it's great. Hearthstone? Yup, amazing. Just like every app I have I'm happy with. I just don't think you have any idea what you're talking about. I know an Android engineer who works for Square and they've got a huge Android team that is doing amazing work.
- clumsysmurf 11y ago
  > a huge Android team that is doing amazing work. Exactly. It takes a huge Android team to do the simplest things. Twitter app has dozens of engineers. It doesn't do much!
  - static_noise 11y ago
    Compared to their WP team?
GFischer 11y ago
But you want any obscure or local app, and, guess what... it's Android and iOS only. Local food delivery? Only Android or iOS. Local bus routes? Android or iOS. And so on. And lemevi has a point, there are some cool games amidst that sea of crap which are simply not available on WP. I've said before that WP has been doing a great work in their low-end phones (though they've gotten stale lately), but they're still losing the battle.

lemevi 11y ago

> and the rest is total crap. Do you actually have an Android phone? Because this is totally not true at all. Like for example I just installed the imgur app and it's fantastic. I have 1password and it's great. Hearthstone? Yup, amazing. Just like every app I have I'm happy with. I just don't think you have any idea what you're talking about. I know an Android engineer who works for Square and they've got a huge Android team that is doing amazing work.

clumsysmurf 11y ago
> a huge Android team that is doing amazing work. Exactly. It takes a huge Android team to do the simplest things. Twitter app has dozens of engineers. It doesn't do much!
- static_noise 11y ago
  Compared to their WP team?

GFischer 11y ago

But you want any obscure or local app, and, guess what... it's Android and iOS only. Local food delivery? Only Android or iOS. Local bus routes? Android or iOS. And so on. And lemevi has a point, there are some cool games amidst that sea of crap which are simply not available on WP. I've said before that WP has been doing a great work in their low-end phones (though they've gotten stale lately), but they're still losing the battle.