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> Extremely difficult to build an indie business on iOS given that there is a single distribution channel that you don't control. Would this imply it is easier
by jpttsn 7y ago
> Extremely difficult to build an indie business on iOS given that there is a single distribution channel that you don't control.
Would this imply it is easier to build an indie business on Android?
- schlu 7y agoI don't have any direct experience of building a business on Android. Last I heard iOS users spend more money on the App Store than Android users. I think this implies it is harder. I would think they are both pretty difficult probably in the same order of magnitude to each other.
- jpttsn 7y agoIf the walled garden is that bad for indies, indies should do way better on Android, right?
- mygo 7y agoThere is significantly more money inside that walled garden. Just a more qualified customer base in terms of willingness to pay.
- jpttsn 7y agoSo: on net, the single distribution channel provides access to paying customers, in turn making it easier—-not harder—-for indies to build a business there. Which makes it wrong to say iOS’s single distribution channel is bad for indies: it’s actually good for indies. Unless you claim that walled garden and paying users occurring together is a sheer coincidence.