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What’s wrong with a possible universe where the iPhone is the only modern smartphone, ubuntu/sailfish/Firefox rules the low end, and Tizen or something is keepi
by mattnewton 9y ago
What’s wrong with a possible universe where the iPhone is the only modern smartphone, ubuntu/sailfish/Firefox rules the low end, and Tizen or something is keeping one manufacturer alive in the medium end? There are very strong network effects to an app ecosystem, and you can imagine a future where all the high end users are on iOS.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoIf Ubuntu and the like were successful with a strong ecosystem on the low end, why wouldn't they find someone to build a high end device? Companies that just... don't like profit, perhaps? Android won it's success in the budget market, and that gave it the ecosystem it needed to survive in the high end market.
- mattnewton 9y agoThe network effect is a chicken and egg problem that can’t be solved with just finding a partner. A large part of why android succeeded because it solved the chicken and egg developer - user problem by being early enough, and by having a company like google put their full support behind it. Other platforms were late to the table incompeting with iOS (windows), or didn’t have the clout of a large competent software company backing it, or both.
- esrauch 9y agoIt seems that Windows phone would have filled the Android mid-range/licensed niche if Android wasn't already established.