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To that extent, I also found that Android is usually treated as a 2nd class citizen. Which is understandable, given the marketshare, but frustrating nonetheless

To that extent, I also found that Android is usually treated as a 2nd class citizen. Which is understandable, given the marketshare, but frustrating nonetheless. It often sounds like something is easily do-able (like Accessibility) ... IF you're on iOS. We recently developed an app for a client of ours for Android, replicating their native iOS app in React Native. That was not a good experience.

arcturus17 8y ago
> given the marketshare FYI, Android has 75% of marketshare worldwide and 55% in the US.
- chrischen 8y ago
  Depends on your market. Instagram basically gained meaningful traction for years despite completely ignoring android.
  - todd3834 8y ago
    I wonder if that would play out the same now. That was a long time ago.
- servercobra 8y ago
  I think it's more the marketshare of who will pay for apps/subscriptions, which is often quoted as tilted towards iOS users. I'm not sure how true that is, though it make some sense given how many apps cost money on iOS vs Android and that iOS devices are on average more expensive.
  - fyfy18 8y ago
    I'm not sure if that's true anymore. Last year I switched to Android and paid for some high quality apps, spending more than I have probably ever on Apple. I've noticed that Android free apps are usually more restrictive and pester the user to upgrade more than they do on iOS - I assume Apple ban this, but these dark patterns must work otherwise why would a company tarnish their image with them? If you look at Android users as a whole, percentage wise of course they will pay less because they are a lot more popular in less well off countries. On the other hand Google's carrier billing support is a lot more extensive than Apple's, so actually being able to pay is less friction.
    - illuminati1911 8y ago
      During the past year I’ve worked with 2 large Fortune 500 companies (they are everywhere globally and everyone knows them) whose main business is in consumer products and services. Amount of paying mobile users for both companies is clearly dominated by the iOS. About 1:5-1:10 ratio.
      - disiplus 8y ago
        is that globally or in the markets like US, i assume it a lot closer in markets that have more hi end devices and disposable income. but it is sure that apple customers are more used to pay for applications. that's something that i noticed like 8 years when i switched from windows to osx/macbook. while on windows you could find free basic utility software like rippers converters and so on, on macbook they usually where paid applications.
- marcammann 8y ago
  I don't have any recent numbers, but high(er) end clients generally go iOS first due to their own market expectations and distribution.
ericlewis 8y ago
I don’t think it’s meant to be, there are definite edge cases that are very hard to solve, such as when manufacturers decided to alter android behavior. I also think that the ecosystem has far more iOS engineers than it does android, which leads to an imbalance in support. Disclaimer: am contributor to react-native & iOS dev.

arcturus17 8y ago

> given the marketshare FYI, Android has 75% of marketshare worldwide and 55% in the US.

chrischen 8y ago
Depends on your market. Instagram basically gained meaningful traction for years despite completely ignoring android.
- todd3834 8y ago
  I wonder if that would play out the same now. That was a long time ago.
servercobra 8y ago
I think it's more the marketshare of who will pay for apps/subscriptions, which is often quoted as tilted towards iOS users. I'm not sure how true that is, though it make some sense given how many apps cost money on iOS vs Android and that iOS devices are on average more expensive.
- fyfy18 8y ago
  I'm not sure if that's true anymore. Last year I switched to Android and paid for some high quality apps, spending more than I have probably ever on Apple. I've noticed that Android free apps are usually more restrictive and pester the user to upgrade more than they do on iOS - I assume Apple ban this, but these dark patterns must work otherwise why would a company tarnish their image with them? If you look at Android users as a whole, percentage wise of course they will pay less because they are a lot more popular in less well off countries. On the other hand Google's carrier billing support is a lot more extensive than Apple's, so actually being able to pay is less friction.
  - illuminati1911 8y ago
    During the past year I’ve worked with 2 large Fortune 500 companies (they are everywhere globally and everyone knows them) whose main business is in consumer products and services. Amount of paying mobile users for both companies is clearly dominated by the iOS. About 1:5-1:10 ratio.
    - disiplus 8y ago
      is that globally or in the markets like US, i assume it a lot closer in markets that have more hi end devices and disposable income. but it is sure that apple customers are more used to pay for applications. that's something that i noticed like 8 years when i switched from windows to osx/macbook. while on windows you could find free basic utility software like rippers converters and so on, on macbook they usually where paid applications.
marcammann 8y ago
I don't have any recent numbers, but high(er) end clients generally go iOS first due to their own market expectations and distribution.

ericlewis 8y ago

I don’t think it’s meant to be, there are definite edge cases that are very hard to solve, such as when manufacturers decided to alter android behavior. I also think that the ecosystem has far more iOS engineers than it does android, which leads to an imbalance in support. Disclaimer: am contributor to react-native & iOS dev.