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It might. I'd argue that the original success of iPhone is very symbiotic with the developer community it grabbed. There was a latent hunger from software creat
by IggleSniggle 7y ago
It might. I'd argue that the original success of iPhone is very symbiotic with the developer community it grabbed. There was a latent hunger from software creators to make mobile software, but no decent platform to develop for. Making techno-geeks happy can move the needle for the whole ecosystem (it can also be a huge waste of time, depending on what you hope to achieve...Oculus is a great example of the masses not following the energy despite massive excitement and development efforts by techno-geeks).
- scarface74 7y agoThe only thing that the iPhone captured was a latent hunger to make more money. If companies saw the chance to make money on the Oculus they would jump aboard regardless. The iPhone had two major advantages that attracted developers - there were already iPhones on the market before the App Store opened and at the time, Apple had an easy payment system via iTunes and millions of credit cards on file. It was estimated that Apple had more credit cards on files than Amazon or it was a close second thanks to iTunes. It also had a proven customer base of people willing and able to spend money on digital goods.
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