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> but I believe strongly that more people have an Android. If you go by people, Android has more market share. If you go by profit, iOS has more market share.
by imron 10y ago
> but I believe strongly that more people have an Android.
If you go by people, Android has more market share. If you go by profit, iOS has more market share. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/03/07/apple-global-smartphone-profit-2016-79/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/03/07/apple-global-smartphone...
> None of that lock-in exists in China
This is true. If all your friends and family use iMessage and PhotoStream, then once you start using that too it creates lock-in specifically tied to software that only runs on Apple devices.
As an example, all my family use iPhones. We use PhotoStream to share pictures of family events and children and the like. If I were to switch to Android then I would lose all of that interaction, and so it's a big driver in keeping me (and other family members) on iOS.
Contrast this with China, where even on Apple devices, people generally use WeChat for doing that, rather than the Apple equivalent. WeChat also runs on Android and so you can happily switch platforms and you'll still have access to your same WeChat account with everything there.
- naskwo 10y agoTry www.famipix.com - we'll be launching a React Native app (iOS & Android) soon, for platform-independent, no BS photo sharing.
- sortaThrowaway 10y agofrom your page: >No facial recognition. No public search. >We do not index faces nor do we allow external search engines >to index your photos. might move that up to #2 point. add in no creepy facebook like face features storing (worded better) to drive home the point
- imron 10y agoThe problem is that so many photo providers have started up and shut down (or been shutdown after acquisition) that it requires a huge deal of trust to switch to another provider. I can see from your site you've been around for a long time, but that still doesn't help ward of fears about future acquisition. And even if you could convince me, then you'd also need to convince all my family to pay for something that they currently get for free. The lock-is effect for Apple products is strong. That said, after looking at your site, I'll definitely keep you guys tucked away in the back of my mind if I ever decide to move of iOS.
- zeveb 10y ago> As an example, all my family use iPhones. We use PhotoStream to share pictures of family events and children and the like. If I were to switch to Android then I would lose all of that interaction, and so it's a big driver in keeping me (and other family members) on iOS. There's always Flickr, Facebook &c. Many folks in my family use iCloud or PhotoStream or whatever it's called, and it does mean that I'm cut out of seeing those updates (because Apple are apparently unable to design a cross-platform webpage displaying pictures and text, in 2017), but I just don't care: I'd rather live without the restrictions of iOS and have the (relative) freedom and flexibility of an Android device.
- imron 10y ago> There's always Flickr, Facebook &c. I don't use Facebook. Privacy concerns are another reason why I use iOS over Android.