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>Profits matter to the company. Not to you or me. Absolutely. I wasn't trying to say that profits matter to consumers (Indirectly it may effect them though, be
by dombili 13y ago
>Profits matter to the company. Not to you or me.
Absolutely. I wasn't trying to say that profits matter to consumers (Indirectly it may effect them though, because more profits means more freedom for a company to try new things without being too worried about wasting money).
>On the other hand, market share does affect consumers. The more popular your particular device is, the better it is for you.
I agree, but I don't think it matters all that much. Just look at the current situation. Can you honestly say that Windows' ecosystem is better than Mac's, despite the indisputable market share of Windows? Same goes with Android vs iOS (although they're pretty close). An argument could be made that Microsoft only makes the software while Apple does both software and hardware, but Mac support, ecosystem, app quality is miles ahead of Windows, in my opinion.
- cageface 13y agoThis depends entirely on which particular app domain matters to you. If business software or games are your priority then Windows is a no-brainer first choice. For a lot of other things it's a tossup and for some domains like music creation software the Mac is arguably better.
- dombili 13y agoYeah, it's like choosing which Linux distro is the best. My point was that market share doesn't exactly translate into better services, better app quality etc. It is certainly a factor though, no point in denying that.