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Google has paid Android developers about half of what Apple has

14 points by elorant 7y ago

wmf 7y ago
I'm not a fan of these headlines. Android users have bought about half as much as iOS users have; Google and Apple are just intermediaries.
- injb 7y ago
  Also, Apple hasn't paid Android developers anything, despite the title.
  - cattlemansgold 7y ago
    If we're being pedantic ... Apple has a few apps in the Google Play Store. So they must have had Android developers on payroll at some point in time.
ksec 7y ago
>The vast majority of phones on Earth run Android, Yes but there are Google Android, and Chinese Android. The latter doesn't really contribute anything to Google's ecosystem. The estimate currently are roughly 2.1B Google Android Vs 700M iPhone excluding China. With China representing around 30% of App Store Revenue. So we have 2.1B Android with $80B Revenue, and 700M iPhone with $108B Revenue. On a per user spending basis that is Android @ $38.1 and iPhone @ $154.3. Which is roughly 4.04x difference.
m0zg 7y ago
I'm not surprised. I have a Pixel 3 to test stuff with and the quality of the apps just doesn't compare. It seems that Apple customers are just more willing to pay, so they get much better apps. iOS is also far easier to create great apps for - Android app development is an unmitigated disaster in comparison, particularly when it comes to things that are very important in 2020: video and photo capabilities. So not only is it harder to build apps, you make much less money as well if you do. So it's not surprising there aren't many apps worth paying for on there. And on top of that you're also selling to people who statistically have much less money to begin with.
gundmc 7y ago
This is unsurprising given their positioning in the market. Apple sells exclusively premium devices (for the most part). A huge portion of Android's install base is comprised of budget devices whose users are less likely to spend money on apps.

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Google has paid Android developers about half of what Apple has

14 points by elorant 7y ago

wmf 7y ago
I'm not a fan of these headlines. Android users have bought about half as much as iOS users have; Google and Apple are just intermediaries.
- injb 7y ago
  Also, Apple hasn't paid Android developers anything, despite the title.
  - cattlemansgold 7y ago
    If we're being pedantic ... Apple has a few apps in the Google Play Store. So they must have had Android developers on payroll at some point in time.
ksec 7y ago
>The vast majority of phones on Earth run Android, Yes but there are Google Android, and Chinese Android. The latter doesn't really contribute anything to Google's ecosystem. The estimate currently are roughly 2.1B Google Android Vs 700M iPhone excluding China. With China representing around 30% of App Store Revenue. So we have 2.1B Android with $80B Revenue, and 700M iPhone with $108B Revenue. On a per user spending basis that is Android @ $38.1 and iPhone @ $154.3. Which is roughly 4.04x difference.
m0zg 7y ago
I'm not surprised. I have a Pixel 3 to test stuff with and the quality of the apps just doesn't compare. It seems that Apple customers are just more willing to pay, so they get much better apps. iOS is also far easier to create great apps for - Android app development is an unmitigated disaster in comparison, particularly when it comes to things that are very important in 2020: video and photo capabilities. So not only is it harder to build apps, you make much less money as well if you do. So it's not surprising there aren't many apps worth paying for on there. And on top of that you're also selling to people who statistically have much less money to begin with.
gundmc 7y ago
This is unsurprising given their positioning in the market. Apple sells exclusively premium devices (for the most part). A huge portion of Android's install base is comprised of budget devices whose users are less likely to spend money on apps.