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One incentive to police the store is that quality is a draw for users.
by kornish 9y ago
One incentive to police the store is that quality is a draw for users.
- noxToken 9y agoWhat's the alternative, iOS? That's great for people with financial stability in developed nations, but that leaves out swathes of those in developing nations.
- tehwebguy 9y agoOld & new previous-gen iPhones are available at Android prices, including “free with contract” (in the US at least). They aren’t cutting edge, but neither are the equivalently priced Androids.
- noxToken 9y agoGood catch. Didn't even think about that.
- ben_w 9y agoI have an Android dev phone that cost £19, no contract, about half-to-a-third the price of a then-equivalent second-hand iPhone. In third world countries even a £19 device is worth stealing, as a friend of my partner experienced.
- arvinsim 9y agoOld iPhones are still prohibitively expensive in developing countries. Brand new low/midrange Android phones usually cost half or less.
- jhasse 9y agoF-Droid