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If you open it up, what you end up with is, no one pays for your app, because there is 20 other free ones that are good enough. Developers all want into the wa
by ntsplnkv2 6y ago
If you open it up, what you end up with is, no one pays for your app, because there is 20 other free ones that are good enough.
Developers all want into the walled garden because it is a great walled garden, consumers are very happy, they trust it more, they spend more. But when you let everything in, it becomes a dumpster fire of crapware, and people overall spend less.
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-users-spend-twice-apps-vs-android-charts-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-users-spend-twice-apps...
I'd argue Apple's walled garden is better for good quality developers. There are cases that suck - but that is an exception to the rule.
- LordDragonfang 6y agoI always saw sources like yours to be a bit of "confirming the obvious". Of course the average iphone user spends more, the average iphone user has a more expensive phone, and therefore more disposable income. Android has cheap handsets, Apple does not.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoDon't be so certain - if you add up the top competitors to the iPhone (just as expensive Samsungs, Huawei, etc), they're about the same amount as iPhones. Do these people not have disposable income? The gap is quite obvious - because of the multitude of free alternatives on android, users are far more likely to not spend. The competition is way higher. Developers want to destroy the walled garden but the fact is their product will be instantly devalued.