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> It's because Google and Apple want it that way I imagine Apple and Google are largely indifferent. Low price points make their platform more attractive. High
by macspoofing 13y ago
> It's because Google and Apple want it that way
I imagine Apple and Google are largely indifferent. Low price points make their platform more attractive. Higher price points, make them more money.
It's just competition. The barrier to entry is incredibly low (lower than it's ever been on desktop, because billing and distribution is done for you), and now it's a race to the bottom.
- chrisdevereux 13y agoI think that applies to Google/Samsung/Amazon, who want to capture as much of the market as they can get. Not sure it applies to Apple. They've made their position on the low/mid-range clear. If anything, having an App Store full of shovelware makes it harder to distinguish iOS from Android, which is what they've bet the company on being able to do.
- jbigelow76 13y ago>If anything, having an App Store full of shovelware makes it harder to distinguish iOS from Android But app stores full of crap provides easily reguritable marketing nuggets that make your platform seem more robust and put potential competitors in a bad light. "ZOMG we have 1,000,000 apps!" Try posting about Windows Phone or Blackberry and prepare to be ridiculed for talking about platforms with "only" a few hundred thousand apps.
- chrisdevereux 13y agoThat strategy worked for them when their figure was miles ahead of Android's. It won't when Android's figure is miles ahead of theirs.