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I think this is misleading. It's true that there's a mobile shift in _startup_. Most startups want to hit the mobile goldmine and become the next [enter a comp
by pothibo 15y ago
I think this is misleading.
It's true that there's a mobile shift in _startup_. Most startups want to hit the mobile goldmine and become the next [enter a company here]. However, we fail to understand that those important minutes spent are spent on either games, which are consumed in matter of days (There's not many games that sustain growth for over a period of a few months), and services that, for the most part, already had a web presence.
Here's my rationale: If your startup/internet service company wants to be successful, it will have to have a mobile presence, if it doesn't, opportunity from competitor will arise and you might get into trouble.
However, considering the cost of a native mobile app (iOS or Android), I wouldn't be surprised if within 2-3 years, startup would go back to focus on web first and if traction occurs, expanding to the mobile area (Except for startup that leverage the mobile hardware, ie camera, geo-location, etc)
- pothibo 15y agoAlso, for all those minutes used, how many of them are used by Facebook, Maps, and other service that started has a web service first