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>People don't choose Android because of its superior applications but because of its perceived flexibility/hackability. Developers don't see the Android app mar

>People don't choose Android because of its superior applications but because of its perceived flexibility/hackability. Developers don't see the Android app market as particularly profitable. I think you've hit the crux of the flaw with Gruber's argument: developer profitability does not have much bearing on UX as those in the proprietary app developer community might like it to.

nochiel 16y ago
It's not developer profitability per se but the appearance of developer profitability (among other things) that I think he was trying to get at. He says, "Developers complain, not without merit, that the iTunes App Store is rigged toward low-priced apps. But the Android Market seems rigged toward no-price apps." He posits that there is a significant qualitative difference between the most popular, exclusive, third-party applications in the iOS market and those in the Android market with the former providing a superior experience. Are you saying that this isn't true? If we admit it is true, then how do you account for it? "Turn the table and we could be here all day running down the list of high-quality, interesting apps which are exclusive to iOS."