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I think the ranks of those who feel as you do are growing. Let's hope more people develop for Android and the web now.

DeusExMachina 17y ago
I think it won't happen, at least for now. The strength of the user experience and the seamless integration of iPhones with the app store is what is luring users and developers. Android can win on Apple Flaws, but it has to become better, in my opinion. Only then it will be able to force Apple out of it restricting decisions. I hope it will happen someday. Unfortunately I don't think it will happen soon.
chc 17y ago
Unfortunately, I don't think so, at least not for serious commercial development. Android and the Web both have big drawbacks for producing profitable apps. Apple has a huge line of people with their credit cards out on the App Store and everyone knows it. Android has relatively few users and they are not known to be big spenders in general. The Web has lots of users but very few are likely to ever find your product and unless it fits in a few well-defined categories it's tremendously unlikely they'll be willing to pay for it (and ad-supported is not a reliable business model).
- warfangle 17y ago
  True, apple has about 25% of the market. But it slipped a little between November and February, while the Android market share more than doubled. It's been a slow starter (it didn't explode out the gate like Apple did), but it's gaining. Much like Chrome. In other news, Blackberry is still the market leader. http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/4/comScore_Reports_February_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/4/c...
  - chc 17y ago
    That's subscribers. I was talking about app sales. The two aren't necessarily corelated all that strongly - which is kind of my point. I remember one study recently that estimated Apple was responsible for more than 99% of all mobile app sales: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/apple-responsible-for-994-of-mobile-app-sales-in-2009.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/apple-responsible-...

I think it won't happen, at least for now. The strength of the user experience and the seamless integration of iPhones with the app store is what is luring users and developers. Android can win on Apple Flaws, but it has to become better, in my opinion. Only then it will be able to force Apple out of it restricting decisions. I hope it will happen someday. Unfortunately I don't think it will happen soon.

chc 17y ago

Unfortunately, I don't think so, at least not for serious commercial development. Android and the Web both have big drawbacks for producing profitable apps. Apple has a huge line of people with their credit cards out on the App Store and everyone knows it. Android has relatively few users and they are not known to be big spenders in general. The Web has lots of users but very few are likely to ever find your product and unless it fits in a few well-defined categories it's tremendously unlikely they'll be willing to pay for it (and ad-supported is not a reliable business model).

warfangle 17y ago
True, apple has about 25% of the market. But it slipped a little between November and February, while the Android market share more than doubled. It's been a slow starter (it didn't explode out the gate like Apple did), but it's gaining. Much like Chrome. In other news, Blackberry is still the market leader. http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/4/comScore_Reports_February_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/4/c...
- chc 17y ago
  That's subscribers. I was talking about app sales. The two aren't necessarily corelated all that strongly - which is kind of my point. I remember one study recently that estimated Apple was responsible for more than 99% of all mobile app sales: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/apple-responsible-for-994-of-mobile-app-sales-in-2009.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/apple-responsible-...