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Market share is like "users" in a startup, it means nothing. Revenue is everything. Sometimes, market share is directionally proportional to revenues, in the p

Market share is like "users" in a startup, it means nothing. Revenue is everything. Sometimes, market share is directionally proportional to revenues, in the phone wars case, it isn't. Does any one really think Cook is loosing sleep at night because he wants customers from "android's share"? He wants users from the rite market segment aka the ones who spend money. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say they have quite a bit of those types. -- Edit: spelling

mtgx 14y ago
For a company directly, yes. For a platform, market share is very important. It wasn't until recently that Android caught up and surpassed iOS in total user base, but given some of the problems of the Android ecosystem, iOS will probably remain the main platform for the time being. But eventually Android will become the main platform through sheer numbers. It's poised to have 3 billion devices on the market by 2016, while iOS only 1 billion.
- gonzo 14y ago
  "only"?? If your point is that there will be 3X as many Android devices, fine. but a market of 1 billion? I'll take it.