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Why do you think Google even has Maps ? Advertising. iOS users greatly outnumber Android in mobile internet use hence it would be stupid of Google to leave mon

• bornhuetter 14y ago
  > iOS users greatly outnumber Android in mobile internet Source? I hate to be the one to ask for sources, but this sounds completely wrong.
  • lookingsideways 14y ago
    http://www.netmarketshare.com http://www.netmarketshare.com Mobile browser share Safari: 66.2% Android: 19.4% Mobile OS Share: iOS: 65.7% Android: 20.2%
    • patrickaljord 14y ago
      http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201108-20120... Android: 28% iOS: 24% It's easy to find web brpwser stats that validate your opinion.
• epo 14y ago
  I'd guess embarrassing Apple counts for more than advertising revenue at the moment. Also a Google maps app with adverts is going to make the (inevitable) improved ad-free Apple maps app look better and better.
• __alexs 14y ago
  In some locales, sure, but not in general. Worldwide: Android beats iOS slightly. http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201108-20120... Europe: iOS beats Android slightly. http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-eu-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-eu-monthly-201108-20120... North America: iOS beats Android by 10% http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-na-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-na-monthly-201108-20120... South America: Android beats iOS by 28% http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-sa-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-sa-monthly-201108-20120... Asia: Android beats iOS by 10% http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-as-monthly-201108-201208 http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-as-monthly-201108-20120...
  • lookingsideways 14y ago
    Do many of the major sites actually use StatCounter though? Akamai's stats show a very different story - http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mobile-disparity/ http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mob...
    • BitMastro 14y ago
      Other stats from Akamai show yet another story http://www.akamai.com/html/io/io_dataset.html#stat=mobile_browser&top=5&type=line&start=20120722&end=20120923&net=m http://www.akamai.com/html/io/io_dataset.html#stat=mobile_br... The usage is similar, but (my guess) Android users prefer to use a notebook at home rather than a cellphone
      • tehayj 14y ago
        most android people i know use a third party browser that pretends to be a desktop browser to avoid those crappy mobile sites.
    • __alexs 14y ago
      > "most of the Web sites sampled for the Akamai IO Beta are focused on a U.S. audience." Also if you aren't a "major site" how much do you care that most their mobile users are on iOS? Maybe that means you should be pushing Android compatibility even harder if Android users are more willing to try out smaller brands? The lesson here is not that iOS rules and Android drools or any other nonsense. It's that you should know your market.