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.NET Core is open source, gaining in popularity, and not going away anytime soon. iOS is the minority platform in all markets and likely to continue to shrink

by mikece 5y ago

.NET Core is open source, gaining in popularity, and not going away anytime soon. iOS is the minority platform in all markets and likely to continue to shrink in the face of a free competitor. If you were doing iOS app development for yourself as an independent developer then it would shift the equation a bit since iOS apps have always had more revenue allowing you to charge a slight premium over Android. I've done both .NET and mobile in my career and plan to stay on .NET for the foreseeable future. With your background in back-end Go I think .NET would be a better option.

warrenm 5y ago
> iOS is the minority platform in all markets and likely to continue to shrink With over 1 billion active devices[0] (practically all running a current[ish] version of iOS[1]) ... I don't see "shrink" happening any time soon ----------- [0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/22253162/iphone-users-total-number-billion-apple-tim-cook-q1-2021 https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/22253162/iphone-users-tot... [1] https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ios-distribution-news/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ios-distribution-news/
alimov 5y ago
If you are referring to Android as being the “free competitor” I would suggest you pinch yourself to see if you’re not dreaming. If you are referring to some niche spinoff of android that doesn’t link into the play store than you can disregard my suggestion.