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The problem with being a platform that serves such a large audience (indeed, one that gets paid based on the eyeballs it can sustain) is that you need to cater
by spydum 14y ago
The problem with being a platform that serves such a large audience (indeed, one that gets paid based on the eyeballs it can sustain) is that you need to cater to the largest range of devices and their performance.
It's the same reason enterprises still support such obscure browsers and OS's (XP/IE6). They just aren't willing to sacrifice the overall experience of those who are slow to upgrade in favor of pushing the technology forward.
- marknutter 14y agoYou don't have to support obscure markets if you don't want to. I'd say covering iOs 5+ and Android 2.3+ is going to cover an area most companies would be pretty happy with. And let's not forget that OS fragmentation affects Native developers just like it does HTML5 developers (especially on Android).