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It's still #1 in profits, though.
by agos 12y ago
It's still #1 in profits, though.
- aceperry 12y agoNot for long if their market share keeps slipping. Alienating developers doesn't help the situation.
- cheald 12y agoTo put some numbers on it, according to this research (http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q1-2014/ http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q1-2014/), relative app revenue numbers have been something like: Q2 2013: Apple +230% Q3 2013: Apple +210% Q4 2013: Apple +110% Q1 2014: Apple +85% Android's market share (especially in emerging markets) is exploding (https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.appannie.com/reports/App+Annie+Special+Report+Google+Play+2014.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.appannie.com/reports/App+Anni...), while Apple's app store revenue are substantially flatter (http://images.apple.com/nl/pr/pdf/q2fy14datasum.pdf http://images.apple.com/nl/pr/pdf/q2fy14datasum.pdf). Apple's definitely on top right now, but the gap is narrowing very, very quickly.