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> outside of your country ... most people do not have a Mac, I think you mean outside of the Bay Area. For PCs/Desktop Apple has like 12% market share in the U

> outside of your country ... most people do not have a Mac, I think you mean outside of the Bay Area. For PCs/Desktop Apple has like 12% market share in the US. 7% globally.

Lammy 6y ago
Developers, not general computer market share.
doktorhladnjak 6y ago
People in this bubble overestimate the popularity of anything Apple. I once had a discussion with a coworker at a major company known for its app, where I was complaining about an Android bug and he genuinely asked "does anybody even use Android?" And I responded, "only the majority of users in every country around the world including the US. It's even 50/50 on our app!" Afterward, I found the internal numbers for employee use of the app was 96/4 in favor of iOS, and this included employees outside of tech and outside the US! He, like so many others, was totally oblivious living in the Bay Area tech bubble.
- reidjs 6y ago
  Users or customers? Is it possible more revenue was coming from iOS users?
  - leptons 6y ago
    If you design your site/app in the Applethink-bubble, then maybe you're missing out on quite a lot of market share if the majority of people with devices find your Applethink site/app difficult to use. Make stupid design choices, win less customers.
  - mdoms 6y ago
    Is it a surprise that iOS users are more engaged with your product when it's tailor-made for them while Android users are getting a sub-par experience?
- adrr 6y ago
  IOS has much higher penetration when it comes to app installs. I’ve seen this both at a fintexh/challenger bank and multiple e-commerce companies. At the e-commerce company I am currently at, 80% of our traffic is IOS. IOS users are also higher value.
- ReverseCold 6y ago
  iOS has the majority market share in the US (~60% nationwide). You’re completely right that this doesn’t hold true for other countries, and that ignoring Android is not the play, though.
  - ReverseCold 6y ago
    This seems to be getting downvotes, so here’s my source: https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united...
laksdjfkasljdf 6y ago
This is a single aspect of something i call the bay-area-bubble. other aspects include to assume everyone have free wifi everywhere or unlimited latest-G data on their phone, last model Macs and phones, disposable income for 57 $9.99 monthly subscriptions, and live on food delivery. Soon to include: everyone have a room fully set up for VR, with the latest headset du jour.

> outside of your country ... most people do not have a Mac, I think you mean outside of the Bay Area. For PCs/Desktop Apple has like 12% market share in the US. 7% globally.

Lammy 6y ago

Developers, not general computer market share.

doktorhladnjak 6y ago

People in this bubble overestimate the popularity of anything Apple. I once had a discussion with a coworker at a major company known for its app, where I was complaining about an Android bug and he genuinely asked "does anybody even use Android?" And I responded, "only the majority of users in every country around the world including the US. It's even 50/50 on our app!" Afterward, I found the internal numbers for employee use of the app was 96/4 in favor of iOS, and this included employees outside of tech and outside the US! He, like so many others, was totally oblivious living in the Bay Area tech bubble.

reidjs 6y ago
Users or customers? Is it possible more revenue was coming from iOS users?
- leptons 6y ago
  If you design your site/app in the Applethink-bubble, then maybe you're missing out on quite a lot of market share if the majority of people with devices find your Applethink site/app difficult to use. Make stupid design choices, win less customers.
- mdoms 6y ago
  Is it a surprise that iOS users are more engaged with your product when it's tailor-made for them while Android users are getting a sub-par experience?
adrr 6y ago
IOS has much higher penetration when it comes to app installs. I’ve seen this both at a fintexh/challenger bank and multiple e-commerce companies. At the e-commerce company I am currently at, 80% of our traffic is IOS. IOS users are also higher value.
ReverseCold 6y ago
iOS has the majority market share in the US (~60% nationwide). You’re completely right that this doesn’t hold true for other countries, and that ignoring Android is not the play, though.
- ReverseCold 6y ago
  This seems to be getting downvotes, so here’s my source: https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united...

laksdjfkasljdf 6y ago

This is a single aspect of something i call the bay-area-bubble. other aspects include to assume everyone have free wifi everywhere or unlimited latest-G data on their phone, last model Macs and phones, disposable income for 57 $9.99 monthly subscriptions, and live on food delivery. Soon to include: everyone have a room fully set up for VR, with the latest headset du jour.