The 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 ch

The 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.