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iOS holds something like 50% of US marketshare and iMessage takes a lot of the wind out of third-party messaging apps.
by AbrahamParangi 7y ago
iOS holds something like 50% of US marketshare and iMessage takes a lot of the wind out of third-party messaging apps.
- saagarjha 7y agoOnly in the US, I hear.
- pfundstein 7y agoAccording to StatCounter, the iOS market share in the US is 57% [0]. But worldwide it is only 22% with Android at 75% [1]. [0] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-stat... [1] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
- AbrahamParangi 7y agoYes, hence the lower penetration of third party messaging apps in the US. In the US iMessage does much of what you'd want a third party app for and it's transparently integrated with SMS for approximately half the population.