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The iPhone has market share. Developers go where the market share is. Microsoft's desktop developer community is so strong because they own such a dominant slic

by cheald 17y ago

The iPhone has market share. Developers go where the market share is. Microsoft's desktop developer community is so strong because they own such a dominant slice of the desktop market. The iPhone is no different. The Android market is making a really strong showing. It's not to the scale of the iPhone app economy yet, but with stuff like the N1 and Desire coming out, the potential for Android's market share to increase is quite strong, and with that come developers. If Android phones were to become popular enough, I have no doubt that developers would desert Apple and its punishing app store policies and gateways in record time.

Frazzydee 17y ago
There must be something else. Symbian still has the lion's share of the market (47%). Apple only has 15%: http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html Is it much easier to develop for the iPhone over Symbian phones? Are iPhone users more willing to pay money? Or perhaps Apple makes the payment process easier for developers, who no longer have to set up their own payment processing? I don't know what the answer is, but it's not just market share.