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Android has a large ecosystem that is getting bigger and bigger, and will continue to get bigger, and is destined to overshadow Apple in the not-so-distant futu

Android has a large ecosystem that is getting bigger and bigger, and will continue to get bigger, and is destined to overshadow Apple in the not-so-distant future. Can you tell me what makes the iOS ecosystem so much better?

ThomPete 16y ago
The question is more whether you can tell me what besides it's size is great about the Android ecosystem? Yes it allows you to do anything and do not curate but that is not in my world a benefit in this context. What is great about the iOS ecosystem is that the quality is much higher, people actually pay for their apps apple constantly and consciously help evolve. It might be a walled garden, but it is a very well kept garden.
- cookiecaper 16y ago
  I hate to see this getting so many points. You just arbitrarily indicated that all apps are better on iOS and that people pay for apps on iOS but not Android. Well, people pay for apps on Android devices (see http://eddiekim.posterous.com/an-android-success-story-13000month-sales-0 http://eddiekim.posterous.com/an-android-success-story-13000... from almost one year ago; Android has only grown since then) and there are plenty of high-quality apps there too. I've used both the iOS and Android apps and found them roughly equivalent -- I certainly haven't noticed a huge quality decline on the Android side. Do you have any evidence or reason to believe that there is a big problem with crappy Android apps? How is Apple "helping evolve" (apps? iOS?) in a way that Google and its various partners aren't? The Android Market has features and categories, Android gets lots of new features on each cycle, and it's totally open-source. So what's the problem here? What is the big secret special thing Apple does that makes everything magically better on iOS?
  - ThomPete 16y ago
    The big difference is that Apple starts with design & Google starts with engineering. Also I am not talking about the quality of the apps only, I am also talking about he quality of the app-store, the payment process, access to music so easily and so on. All these things are what matters at the end of the day much more than crazy tech specs or complete freedom. And of course you can make money on Android but there is a reason why Angry Birds is free there and not on the iPhone.

ThomPete 16y ago

The question is more whether you can tell me what besides it's size is great about the Android ecosystem? Yes it allows you to do anything and do not curate but that is not in my world a benefit in this context. What is great about the iOS ecosystem is that the quality is much higher, people actually pay for their apps apple constantly and consciously help evolve. It might be a walled garden, but it is a very well kept garden.

cookiecaper 16y ago
I hate to see this getting so many points. You just arbitrarily indicated that all apps are better on iOS and that people pay for apps on iOS but not Android. Well, people pay for apps on Android devices (see http://eddiekim.posterous.com/an-android-success-story-13000month-sales-0 http://eddiekim.posterous.com/an-android-success-story-13000... from almost one year ago; Android has only grown since then) and there are plenty of high-quality apps there too. I've used both the iOS and Android apps and found them roughly equivalent -- I certainly haven't noticed a huge quality decline on the Android side. Do you have any evidence or reason to believe that there is a big problem with crappy Android apps? How is Apple "helping evolve" (apps? iOS?) in a way that Google and its various partners aren't? The Android Market has features and categories, Android gets lots of new features on each cycle, and it's totally open-source. So what's the problem here? What is the big secret special thing Apple does that makes everything magically better on iOS?
- ThomPete 16y ago
  The big difference is that Apple starts with design & Google starts with engineering. Also I am not talking about the quality of the apps only, I am also talking about he quality of the app-store, the payment process, access to music so easily and so on. All these things are what matters at the end of the day much more than crazy tech specs or complete freedom. And of course you can make money on Android but there is a reason why Angry Birds is free there and not on the iPhone.