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> All my friends will never give a penny to a play store App Because they are buying a brand. If Play Store will start selling iOS apps, the same iOS apps the

> All my friends will never give a penny to a play store App Because they are buying a brand. If Play Store will start selling iOS apps, the same iOS apps they already know, at a discount they will immediately buy them. Because they are human after all.

scarface74 6y ago
How many apps are iOS only that are popular?
- romanoderoma 6y ago
  How many apps are iOS only and not usable anywhere else? Is there something similar to this for iOS apps? https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21355997/microsoft-your-phone-app-windows-10-android-support https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21355997/microsoft-your-ph...
  - scarface74 6y ago
    Microsoft is now allowing Windows 10 users to run Android apps side by side with Windows applications on a PC Apple announced that all iOS apps will run side by side with macOS apps when the ARM apps are released.
    - romanoderoma 6y ago
      Apple announced that you can run their own software on their own hardware that only they manufacture Microsoft Windows 10 can run on any compatible hardware I want, including virtual hardware (Mac OS cannot be legally virtualized on non Apple HW) Microsoft doesn't make Android and doesn't even manufacturers smartphones anymore, they'll embraced it as a compatible platform, as they did with Linux. From a developer standpoint that's a big step forward, from the user standpoint it reduces the friction between mobile and non mobile platforms, now they can run their apps on the most popular OS that they can run on practically any x86 HW they own. It's a pretty radical change. Apple running Apple doesn't change much Can you see the difference?
      - scarface74 6y ago
        What’s the difference between running iOS apps on Macs and Android apps badly on Windows. 50% of users in the US own iPhones.
        romanoderoma 6y ago
        US is hardly relevant for the rest of the World If you don't understand the difference between choice and no choice, I think you have bigger problems.
        scarface74 6y ago
        Do you expect Apple to run Android apps or license their OS? If I were running a business, why would I care about the low margin, no profit commodity PC or Android market.
        romanoderoma 6y ago
        > Do you expect Apple to run Android apps or license their OS? I do expect they will be forced to make at least sideloading possible > If I were running a business, why would I care about the low margin, no profit commodity PC or Android market. nobody expects businessmen to be decent human beings, nobody expects that from a US company, but Prada, for example, can't force you to wear Prada shoes if you bought a Prada dress. If you wanna buy Gucci shoes, you don't have to go through the Prada store that charges you 30% just because you can't escape it. What the majority of the people here are saying is that Apple margins are artificial and built on having an unescapable walled garden It is like luring people in a Mall and closing the doors Of course they are going to buy only from shops inside the Mall, but what if they could go shopping somewhere else? Why is Apple so afraid of it? If their product is superior, people will buy it anyway. Right? --- Of course there is more to it Apple bluetooth profile has been for years not compatible with device to device transfer (I don knwow about the newer models) Apple messaging platforms can't be made interoperable with Android because Apple does not want to. Apple does not permit to advertise in apps different ways of creating an account on third party services, which obviously gives an unfair advantage to Apple, if you are Spotify and can't tell people how to create an account outside of the iOS is one thing, but if you are a news outlet and can't advertise your website (where you collect ads or advertise different payment profiles) that's really hindering publishers and user's rights (it costs more to buy NY Times subscription from the iOS app - to cover the Apple cut on it - and there is only one option available while there are more on their website) Ny Times can maybe handle it, but what about smaller companies/publishers? Apple thinks that if the app doesn't work user would think it's s device problem, but if buying things from apple store costs more, users will think that publishers are to blame, and publishers are usually not worth 2 trillions and can't afford the bad PR the same way Apple can.

scarface74 6y ago

How many apps are iOS only that are popular?

romanoderoma 6y ago
How many apps are iOS only and not usable anywhere else? Is there something similar to this for iOS apps? https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21355997/microsoft-your-phone-app-windows-10-android-support https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21355997/microsoft-your-ph...
- scarface74 6y ago
  Microsoft is now allowing Windows 10 users to run Android apps side by side with Windows applications on a PC Apple announced that all iOS apps will run side by side with macOS apps when the ARM apps are released.
  - romanoderoma 6y ago
    Apple announced that you can run their own software on their own hardware that only they manufacture Microsoft Windows 10 can run on any compatible hardware I want, including virtual hardware (Mac OS cannot be legally virtualized on non Apple HW) Microsoft doesn't make Android and doesn't even manufacturers smartphones anymore, they'll embraced it as a compatible platform, as they did with Linux. From a developer standpoint that's a big step forward, from the user standpoint it reduces the friction between mobile and non mobile platforms, now they can run their apps on the most popular OS that they can run on practically any x86 HW they own. It's a pretty radical change. Apple running Apple doesn't change much Can you see the difference?
    - scarface74 6y ago
      What’s the difference between running iOS apps on Macs and Android apps badly on Windows. 50% of users in the US own iPhones.
      - romanoderoma 6y ago
        US is hardly relevant for the rest of the World If you don't understand the difference between choice and no choice, I think you have bigger problems.
        scarface74 6y ago
        Do you expect Apple to run Android apps or license their OS? If I were running a business, why would I care about the low margin, no profit commodity PC or Android market.
        romanoderoma 6y ago
        > Do you expect Apple to run Android apps or license their OS? I do expect they will be forced to make at least sideloading possible > If I were running a business, why would I care about the low margin, no profit commodity PC or Android market. nobody expects businessmen to be decent human beings, nobody expects that from a US company, but Prada, for example, can't force you to wear Prada shoes if you bought a Prada dress. If you wanna buy Gucci shoes, you don't have to go through the Prada store that charges you 30% just because you can't escape it. What the majority of the people here are saying is that Apple margins are artificial and built on having an unescapable walled garden It is like luring people in a Mall and closing the doors Of course they are going to buy only from shops inside the Mall, but what if they could go shopping somewhere else? Why is Apple so afraid of it? If their product is superior, people will buy it anyway. Right? --- Of course there is more to it Apple bluetooth profile has been for years not compatible with device to device transfer (I don knwow about the newer models) Apple messaging platforms can't be made interoperable with Android because Apple does not want to. Apple does not permit to advertise in apps different ways of creating an account on third party services, which obviously gives an unfair advantage to Apple, if you are Spotify and can't tell people how to create an account outside of the iOS is one thing, but if you are a news outlet and can't advertise your website (where you collect ads or advertise different payment profiles) that's really hindering publishers and user's rights (it costs more to buy NY Times subscription from the iOS app - to cover the Apple cut on it - and there is only one option available while there are more on their website) Ny Times can maybe handle it, but what about smaller companies/publishers? Apple thinks that if the app doesn't work user would think it's s device problem, but if buying things from apple store costs more, users will think that publishers are to blame, and publishers are usually not worth 2 trillions and can't afford the bad PR the same way Apple can.