>> This requires developers to build hundreds (thousands?) of versions of their app What? No it doesn't. Which Android devs are building hundreds of versions o

>> This requires developers to build hundreds (thousands?) of versions of their app What? No it doesn't. Which Android devs are building hundreds of versions of the same app? Who is this guy? >> We know many software developers who insist on using an Android phone out of principal, but their green message bubbles stand out as exceptions Oh right, someone who thinks America is the whole world. The green iMessage bubble and all the madness it leads to is a US specific problem. Nobody I know cares about iMessage at all. >> Consumers, especially young consumers (aka customers of the future) prefer iOS by wide margins. No they don't. Android dominates with 70% market share. Even in America iOS is only ~60% market share, which is not a "wide margin". >> The result is that iOS users monetize for app developers much, much better than Android users Yes because young people are famous for their abundance of spare cash. Eyeroll.