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Don't use words like "irrevocably". They kind of tag your post as FUD. (Along as statements like "being a long time Apple loyalist... it saddens me...".) And, w

Don't use words like "irrevocably". They kind of tag your post as FUD. (Along as statements like "being a long time Apple loyalist... it saddens me...".) And, why do you really think something like this should be irrevocably? How can it be? Then, when I read the title, I just thought 'wtf'? Behind? So I read your post because I was curious about what you mean. Again, I even more wonder what you mean by irrevocably. And how those few missing APIs should be the reason that iOS is behind Android.

aditya42 16y ago
Blame that on the time I posted the question (2 in the morning). But it's not FUD. This was just a question, not a statement. By irrevocably, I had a deeper meaning: Android is shooting for share, and they will get it eventually, because of the number of devices it ships on. Once they have that, most (if not all) developers will follow. Missing APIs can be added, but users are hard to convert back — Apple and we know this from the PC vs. Mac days. My question was, has this shift already been set in motion fast enough that Apple will not be able to catch up. (Of course, tech news on the Internet is very US centric, but those of us who are outside the US can see how non-existent Android is here. I haven't been able to factor in the whole "Android for world domination" theory just yet.)