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if you're a small indie dev supporting multiple platform you're a unicorn. i don't think this is a common usecase. most devs tend to focus on apple initially
by kkarakk 6y ago
if you're a small indie dev supporting multiple platform you're a unicorn. i don't think this is a common usecase.
most devs tend to focus on apple initially and then make an android app if they blow up.
- pjmlp 6y agoOr given that Apple only has 20% world wide, and the local market happens to be almost exclusively Android, a couple of other smartphones and feature phones, focus on Android first, and iOS only if it ever goes global.
- akmarinov 6y agoIf you want to reach people - yes. If you want to make money - Apple’s 20% greatly outspend Android’s users, so you should start there, to verify your product.
- pjmlp 6y agoIt is hard to make money with iOS if no one in the country owns Apple devices (note "local market"), if you managed to do such feat please let us know.
- akmarinov 6y agoNo one is a bit drastic, don't you think?
- pjmlp 6y agoIt is called real world, there are plenty of countries with zero Apple devices, and if they happen to be available, only a couple of government level people have them, completely irrelevant for the companies selling their goods to the local population, the market that they actually get their money from. So if you have a formula how the e.g. train service gets money from a selling tickets app for iOS in a country with zero iPhone presence, you have our attention. https://deviceatlas.com/sites/deviceatlas.com/files/images/map-world-os-q1-2019-lrg.png https://deviceatlas.com/sites/deviceatlas.com/files/images/m...
- hardlianotion 6y agoNot in the market I operate in.
- camhart 6y agoNo doubt you start with one, but if you hit on any real vein of success you'll build for other platforms too if it makes sense to. There's no way this is "unicorn" rare. I've done it, and so have my competitors within a short time frame. All are bootstrapped.