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No Android app, no Windows Phone app. This is not an application suited for modern smartphone world.

by Artemis2 12y ago

andr 12y ago
As an app just launching it'd make sense to try product-market fit on one platform before investing in all three.
- noahtkoch 12y ago
  I don't know, he has a point, look at Instagram, Vine, and Clear. All very unsuccessful apps, all launched exclusively on iPhone first. /s
  - dpcx 12y ago
    Using the term "unsuccessful" with Instragram and Vine is a bit misleading, IMHO. Instagram got a rather large (even if undeserved) purchase, and Vine is huge.
    - ceejayoz 12y ago
      I think that was the (sarcastic) point.
nicholassmith 12y ago
It's perfectly suited to the modern smartphone world, developers aren't obligated to launch on every platform at once. You could potentially end up spending three or four times as long covering all the bases and end up with a product no one cares about, rolling out on one platform and seeing what level of demand you have it's a sane and sensible approach.
- Artemis2 12y ago
  The main problem here is that if you don't launch simultaneously on multiple platforms, your app will get duplicated and polluted with ads almost immediately, especially given the simplicity of this one. Look at 2048 for example.
  - nicholassmith 12y ago
    It could, but if your app is good then it'll stand head and shoulders above the copies. That's why Threes got an ADA and 2048 didn't.
supercoder 12y ago
Honestly it's a very exact reflection of todays modern smartphone world. It takes a lot of time to develop an app correctly for each platform. Most Android developers I speak to agree that Android is just not as easy and nice to develop for as iOS. And also most developers see the best return on investment on iOS. You can certainly get the 'downloads' on Android, but it just doesn't translate into the same amount of revenue as users tend to expect more for free over there. Makes sense to go to the other platforms once you feel you've exhausted the iOS market (though you'd have to be doing pretty well to claim that), or your produce relies on massive download growth (but not necessarily revenue) It's not the developer being stupid, or trying to play fanboi etc when taking this path, it's just the reality of the app game.

No Android app, no Windows Phone app. This is not an application suited for modern smartphone world.

andr 12y ago

As an app just launching it'd make sense to try product-market fit on one platform before investing in all three.

noahtkoch 12y ago
I don't know, he has a point, look at Instagram, Vine, and Clear. All very unsuccessful apps, all launched exclusively on iPhone first. /s
- dpcx 12y ago
  Using the term "unsuccessful" with Instragram and Vine is a bit misleading, IMHO. Instagram got a rather large (even if undeserved) purchase, and Vine is huge.
  - ceejayoz 12y ago
    I think that was the (sarcastic) point.

nicholassmith 12y ago

It's perfectly suited to the modern smartphone world, developers aren't obligated to launch on every platform at once. You could potentially end up spending three or four times as long covering all the bases and end up with a product no one cares about, rolling out on one platform and seeing what level of demand you have it's a sane and sensible approach.

Artemis2 12y ago
The main problem here is that if you don't launch simultaneously on multiple platforms, your app will get duplicated and polluted with ads almost immediately, especially given the simplicity of this one. Look at 2048 for example.
- nicholassmith 12y ago
  It could, but if your app is good then it'll stand head and shoulders above the copies. That's why Threes got an ADA and 2048 didn't.

supercoder 12y ago

Honestly it's a very exact reflection of todays modern smartphone world. It takes a lot of time to develop an app correctly for each platform. Most Android developers I speak to agree that Android is just not as easy and nice to develop for as iOS. And also most developers see the best return on investment on iOS. You can certainly get the 'downloads' on Android, but it just doesn't translate into the same amount of revenue as users tend to expect more for free over there. Makes sense to go to the other platforms once you feel you've exhausted the iOS market (though you'd have to be doing pretty well to claim that), or your produce relies on massive download growth (but not necessarily revenue) It's not the developer being stupid, or trying to play fanboi etc when taking this path, it's just the reality of the app game.