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> And the availability of some very nice applications was a > large driver of the OS X market share increase from 2% to > 15% I doubt it very much. I'd sa
by rimantas 15y ago
> And the availability of some very nice applications was a
> large driver of the OS X market share increase from 2% to
> 15%
I doubt it very much. I'd say people came to OS X by discovering other Apple products first (iPod and iPhone).
Also, developers who would be most pissed of by this most likely are Android developers already.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoSure, the iPod got people into the store, but presumably people played with the machine in the store or at a friend's house or read reviews before actually buying the machine. Sure, lots of developers have left already because of the app store shenanigans. But judging by the tone of comments here in Hacker News, the patent shenanigans have alienated another group.