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This is the exact argument I make to others about why the app long tail is less important than you think. In fact I made the argument here: http://news.ycombi
by kenjackson 15y ago
This is the exact argument I make to others about why the app long tail is less important than you think. In fact I made the argument here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2664559 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2664559
You nail the basics as listed above, and have a basic app ecosystem and you're fine. Much like how the web neutralized the desktop OS advantage -- we'll see it happen even faster in mobile.
- alex_c 15y agoThat is basically what Apple did with the iPhone. There were lots of apps for the other mobile platforms at the time, but the iPhone was simply in a different class. The problem is that today, you have to come up with something that much better than the iPhone. If a Nokia phone and an iPhone are of comparable quality (which I think has yet to happen), but the iPhone also offers you access to a huge variety of apps, then why would you get the Nokia? It needs to be significantly better in some way.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoI needs to be significantly better to gain mind share, not to market share.