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Imagine Apple blocking out Facebook like they did with Flash.

by the-dude 6y ago

KaiserPro 6y ago
instagram drives a good percentage of camera upgrades, sadly.
- netsharc 6y ago
  Hmm... Apple already has a "social network" with iMessage. It would be interesting if they made an Instagram competitor, so you can publish photos/videos for friends. But I guess the main pull of Instagram is that you can reach the general public and be "an influencer".
  - JKCalhoun 6y ago
    You can already share "Abums" from Photos in the Apple ecosystem. Yeah, not the same thing.
  - zepto 6y ago
    iMessage meets nobody’s definition of a ‘social network’. It’s a chat app / messenger.
    - throwaway744678 6y ago
      Anyone remember Ping? Now, that was a real social network!
- nomel 6y ago
  > instagram drives a good percentage of camera upgrades, sadly. How is that sad? People who enjoy a social networking site mostly about photos need cameras. Making a purchase based on real world examples of something that you find interesting/enjoy is not a negative thing. The capabilities of the new phone cameras are often very noticeable and very different, especially recently with low light, wide angle, good HDR, and portrait modes, which could only be found in dedicated cameras, which these people are not interested in. That's the progression and normalization of "high tech". That's fine.
throwaway744678 6y ago
This would really be a double edged sword; who would have the more to lose?
julienfr112 6y ago
Any Idea of the facebook market share difference between ios and android ?
- cronix 6y ago
  Android is about 71% of the worlds smartphone market. iOS is around 28%. Even if 100% of iOS users had facebook installed, I doubt it's as large as the number of FB-using Android users. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
  - cdubzzz 6y ago
    I wonder — is an iOS user worth any more or less to an advertiser than an Android user? I assume more — maybe even a lot more. Would adjusting shares to reflect that make Apple’s share look more significant (thus the major marketing push by FB)?
    - fakedang 6y ago
      Yes
- xondono 6y ago
  I’m guessing that iOS has a way higher market share than macs ever had, and still, flash died.
scarface74 6y ago
Adobe claimed that they could have gotten Flash to run on the first iPhone if Apple had allowed them. When Flash finally came to Android, the minimum requirements were 1GB RAM and a 1Ghz CPU. It barely ran then. The first iPhone had 128MB RAM and a 400Mhz CPU. It was five years later before an iPhone had those specs. The first iPad in 2010 only had 256MB RAM. It couldn’t even run Safari without crashing a year later when iOS 5 came out because of having too little memory.

Imagine Apple blocking out Facebook like they did with Flash.

KaiserPro 6y ago

instagram drives a good percentage of camera upgrades, sadly.

netsharc 6y ago
Hmm... Apple already has a "social network" with iMessage. It would be interesting if they made an Instagram competitor, so you can publish photos/videos for friends. But I guess the main pull of Instagram is that you can reach the general public and be "an influencer".
- JKCalhoun 6y ago
  You can already share "Abums" from Photos in the Apple ecosystem. Yeah, not the same thing.
- zepto 6y ago
  iMessage meets nobody’s definition of a ‘social network’. It’s a chat app / messenger.
  - throwaway744678 6y ago
    Anyone remember Ping? Now, that was a real social network!
nomel 6y ago
> instagram drives a good percentage of camera upgrades, sadly. How is that sad? People who enjoy a social networking site mostly about photos need cameras. Making a purchase based on real world examples of something that you find interesting/enjoy is not a negative thing. The capabilities of the new phone cameras are often very noticeable and very different, especially recently with low light, wide angle, good HDR, and portrait modes, which could only be found in dedicated cameras, which these people are not interested in. That's the progression and normalization of "high tech". That's fine.

throwaway744678 6y ago

This would really be a double edged sword; who would have the more to lose?

julienfr112 6y ago

Any Idea of the facebook market share difference between ios and android ?

cronix 6y ago
Android is about 71% of the worlds smartphone market. iOS is around 28%. Even if 100% of iOS users had facebook installed, I doubt it's as large as the number of FB-using Android users. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
- cdubzzz 6y ago
  I wonder — is an iOS user worth any more or less to an advertiser than an Android user? I assume more — maybe even a lot more. Would adjusting shares to reflect that make Apple’s share look more significant (thus the major marketing push by FB)?
  - fakedang 6y ago
    Yes
xondono 6y ago
I’m guessing that iOS has a way higher market share than macs ever had, and still, flash died.

scarface74 6y ago

Adobe claimed that they could have gotten Flash to run on the first iPhone if Apple had allowed them. When Flash finally came to Android, the minimum requirements were 1GB RAM and a 1Ghz CPU. It barely ran then. The first iPhone had 128MB RAM and a 400Mhz CPU. It was five years later before an iPhone had those specs. The first iPad in 2010 only had 256MB RAM. It couldn’t even run Safari without crashing a year later when iOS 5 came out because of having too little memory.