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It would be interesting to know, why being an Apple developer is favourable to being any other type of a developer? For example, android market share is already

It would be interesting to know, why being an Apple developer is favourable to being any other type of a developer? For example, android market share is already larger than Apple devices, and people still spend lots of time in front of traditional web browsers. You can still make fortunes and/or have an interesting career with other platforms and technologies too.

tikhonj 15y ago
In a word: Gruber. His bias towards Apple is unmatched.
- gbog 15y ago
  He is completely out of his mind. George Lucas, a Saint? Along with Saint Thomas, Saint John, etc.? Words have no meaning anymore... Even Confucius would be pissed of. (When asked what he would do first if given a prime minister position, he say he would rectify the words.)
  - guywithabike 15y ago
    Woah there, Nelly. Gruber said, "When George Lucas was still sane." Don't worry. Your words still have their meaning. All is well.
    - gbog 15y ago
      From the article: "George Lucas (when he was a saint)" Did I miss something?
      - tambourine_man 15y ago
        The guy misheard it and transcribed it wrong. It's when he was sane.
        gbog 15y ago
        Ok, thanks for the explanation.
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cheald 15y ago
Gruber's right because the mobile market is expanding. However, his loyalty to Apple keeps him from saying what he really should have said: Get into mobile (Apple AND Android), hard and fast. About 77 million of the "big two" (60 million Android, 17 million iPhone) smartphones shipped in Q3 2011. Apple has a huge install base, but it's not Apple's game anymore - Android has more than 3x Apple's marketshare, and is on a meteoric rise in contrast to iOS's slow marketshare decline. More and more customers are being introduced to mobile devices, and we're still in the early stages of the mobile landgrab. There's a lot to be won, but it's disingenuous to focus on Apple as the nexus of that growth.
- comedian 15y ago
  It seems to me that Android is the next Nokia. Large market share but like Nokia their marketshare is almost worthless since Android users dont spend as much money as iOS users. At least that's what everybody's saying.
  - nl 15y ago
    A developer on HN submitted this a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2929612 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2929612 His summary: Android=$4428.08, iOS=$5914 (over the same time period) So it is true that Android users spent less, but not by a huge amount.
    - evgen 15y ago
      Given the population numbers presented above it does imply that individual Android users spend considerably less. There is a huge pool of them so the income is similar, but paying customers are harder to find in that huge pool of users. This means that Android devs may encounter the "app store roulette" phenomenon in spades; those apps that have a viable customer acquisition strategy will do well and the long-tail of Android devs will gain far less.
    - comedian 15y ago
      That's 1 developer. doesn't prove your point.
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tikhonj 15y ago

In a word: Gruber. His bias towards Apple is unmatched.

gbog 15y ago
He is completely out of his mind. George Lucas, a Saint? Along with Saint Thomas, Saint John, etc.? Words have no meaning anymore... Even Confucius would be pissed of. (When asked what he would do first if given a prime minister position, he say he would rectify the words.)
- guywithabike 15y ago
  Woah there, Nelly. Gruber said, "When George Lucas was still sane." Don't worry. Your words still have their meaning. All is well.
  - gbog 15y ago
    From the article: "George Lucas (when he was a saint)" Did I miss something?
    - tambourine_man 15y ago
      The guy misheard it and transcribed it wrong. It's when he was sane.
      - gbog 15y ago
        Ok, thanks for the explanation.
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cheald 15y ago

Gruber's right because the mobile market is expanding. However, his loyalty to Apple keeps him from saying what he really should have said: Get into mobile (Apple AND Android), hard and fast. About 77 million of the "big two" (60 million Android, 17 million iPhone) smartphones shipped in Q3 2011. Apple has a huge install base, but it's not Apple's game anymore - Android has more than 3x Apple's marketshare, and is on a meteoric rise in contrast to iOS's slow marketshare decline. More and more customers are being introduced to mobile devices, and we're still in the early stages of the mobile landgrab. There's a lot to be won, but it's disingenuous to focus on Apple as the nexus of that growth.

comedian 15y ago
It seems to me that Android is the next Nokia. Large market share but like Nokia their marketshare is almost worthless since Android users dont spend as much money as iOS users. At least that's what everybody's saying.
- nl 15y ago
  A developer on HN submitted this a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2929612 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2929612 His summary: Android=$4428.08, iOS=$5914 (over the same time period) So it is true that Android users spent less, but not by a huge amount.
  - evgen 15y ago
    Given the population numbers presented above it does imply that individual Android users spend considerably less. There is a huge pool of them so the income is similar, but paying customers are harder to find in that huge pool of users. This means that Android devs may encounter the "app store roulette" phenomenon in spades; those apps that have a viable customer acquisition strategy will do well and the long-tail of Android devs will gain far less.
  - comedian 15y ago
    That's 1 developer. doesn't prove your point.

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