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I will gladly admit that Apple has lost the initiative. Yep, as unlikely as that seemed even a year ago. I've been doing iOS dev for the last 1.5 years too but

I will gladly admit that Apple has lost the initiative. Yep, as unlikely as that seemed even a year ago. I've been doing iOS dev for the last 1.5 years too but I'm cross-training on Android now because the momentum there is just too huge to ignore.

rimantas 14y ago
> I've been doing iOS dev for the last 1.5 years I very much doubt this, but if it is true I am glad you are moving to Android—I wouldn't want to use any app developed by a person who hates Apple that much.
- cageface 14y ago
  Easily verified from app store links on my site: http://www.plastaq.com http://www.plastaq.com People like you are truly puzzling. Apple is just a business, not a religion. If Apple drops these patent suits and starts allowing opt-in side loading of apps I'll happily come back.
- kalleboo 14y ago
  I hope you never eat fast food either, because I'm half the employees ther hate the company that pays their bills too.
Firehed 14y ago
Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers? Every article I've ever read on the subject is that iOS customers are far more willing to pay for apps than android users. Of course, if you're making a companion app for some other service which makes money it's largely irrelevant, but numbers alone don't tell the whole story.
- cageface 14y ago
  I don't care about paying customers. Hardly anybody makes real money from app sales now. My apps are really just a portfolio. I make my money doing freelance dev for other people and I charge the same rate for Android as iOS.
- potatolicious 14y ago
  > "Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers?" The age of direct app sales being profitable enough to float a startup are long over. iOS users are still massively outspending Android users, but overall profitability has sunk like a brick on both platforms over time. Like you said, "companion apps" and games are pretty much the only viable routes now. Direct app sales at this point in the market's lifetime is a great way to make a modest pittance and then be committed to support forever.

rimantas 14y ago

> I've been doing iOS dev for the last 1.5 years I very much doubt this, but if it is true I am glad you are moving to Android—I wouldn't want to use any app developed by a person who hates Apple that much.

cageface 14y ago
Easily verified from app store links on my site: http://www.plastaq.com http://www.plastaq.com People like you are truly puzzling. Apple is just a business, not a religion. If Apple drops these patent suits and starts allowing opt-in side loading of apps I'll happily come back.
kalleboo 14y ago
I hope you never eat fast food either, because I'm half the employees ther hate the company that pays their bills too.

Firehed 14y ago

Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers? Every article I've ever read on the subject is that iOS customers are far more willing to pay for apps than android users. Of course, if you're making a companion app for some other service which makes money it's largely irrelevant, but numbers alone don't tell the whole story.

cageface 14y ago
I don't care about paying customers. Hardly anybody makes real money from app sales now. My apps are really just a portfolio. I make my money doing freelance dev for other people and I charge the same rate for Android as iOS.
potatolicious 14y ago
> "Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers?" The age of direct app sales being profitable enough to float a startup are long over. iOS users are still massively outspending Android users, but overall profitability has sunk like a brick on both platforms over time. Like you said, "companion apps" and games are pretty much the only viable routes now. Direct app sales at this point in the market's lifetime is a great way to make a modest pittance and then be committed to support forever.