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But exactly did the charts skew? Marketplace and App store opened around the same time frame (September and July 2008, respectively). So your saying they should
by yardie 15y ago
But exactly did the charts skew? Marketplace and App store opened around the same time frame (September and July 2008, respectively). So your saying they should disregard Android 1.5-2.1 data as well as iPhone 2.0-3.1 data because it doesn't support the narrative?
And while Apple has been very forthcoming about their numbers (when you're winning you love to tell everyone), Google has been less so.
I think what a lot of analysts are saying is that Apple and Google approach their app stores very differently. Take me for example, I don't use my credit card in the app store or market. I've been using the same $100 itunes gift card I got with my iPod 5G (~4 years ago). iTunes users treat apps like any other downloaded song (ie. "I heard this was good, I'll get it.") because they can. Google has no gift card alternative and this is killing app revenue. I don't break out a credit card for just any purchase and I feel I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
- esmevane 15y agoThe allegation was that a skew occurred based on the timetable of a full-steam advertised marketplace vs. a growing, unadvertised marketplace. The narrative in this case is not something which supports the reader, whether or not it supports android or iOS is (in my opinion) irrelevant. I suspect that if you showed current, monthly snapshots of revenue, it would still show iOS as the clear winner. I don't think that is what would change. What would change is that the reader would get an accurate, modern, current-day view of what is going on, as opposed to a weighted value. This can make a huge difference. What is impeding Google's marketplace vs. iOS is probably an entirely new topic. There are a lot of good reasons, in addition to yours, absolutely. They could do better.