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Is Android actually less competitive? (That's not a rhetorical question.) It seems like there are lots of developers who would naturally prefer developing on A
by pumpmylemma 16y ago
Is Android actually less competitive? (That's not a rhetorical question.)
It seems like there are lots of developers who would naturally prefer developing on Android to developing on iOS. Additionally, the recent stream of developers getting more and more pissed off at Apple probably has been resulting in at least some switching, albeit not the exodus that some of those pissed off people predicted. (The allure of big money trumps the fear of frustration -- and Apples store certainly has the allure of money.)
- cageface 16y agoMy impression is that iOS still has more developers, many of whom are producing work of much higher quality and polish than the average Android dev. That's just my subjective judgement though. The Android audio APIs are still too primitive for a bunch of apps I want to write but there are others that should be ok. Maybe I'll test the waters.
- bane 16y agoI'd argue that in some ways it's more competitive...perhaps more price competitive. Free apps do very very well on Android. You can nicely outfit an Android phone with tons and tons of pretty high quality apps for $0. Breaking past that has got to be very hard.
- codeglomeration 16y agoAnother problem that Android has is with the availability of the Market. Right now there are not many countries where you can purchase apps. Which is irritating for a lot of users who buy these phones, only to find out that they cannot purchase apps. So most try to find free apps. Some root their phones and pirate them.