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If we are making the comparison that they are iPhone vs. Android respectively (Netflix == iPhone && Amazon == Android) then we should expect that Amazon will ev
by bigtunacan 12y ago
If we are making the comparison that they are iPhone vs. Android respectively (Netflix == iPhone && Amazon == Android) then we should expect that Amazon will eventually dominate the US market place, just like Android is doing now.
http://bgr.com/2014/07/01/android-market-share-2014/ http://bgr.com/2014/07/01/android-market-share-2014/
TL/DR; Android market share in US = 61.9%/iPhone US market share in US = 32.5%.
- w1ntermute 12y agoThe comparison has nothing to do with the change in their market shares, or who will dominate in the future. I'm purely giving an example of how consumer awareness is completely different between nerds and the general population. Just because everyone on HN knows about AIV doesn't mean that the average consumer knows about it. Predicting whether or not AIV will gain consumer awareness is a completely different matter, and I don't think that comparisons between iOS and Android have any place there, since the markets are completely different.
- yzzxy 12y agoAndroid caught up because competition within the Android market brought prices down and features up, and encouraged consumer-attracting partnerships with carriers (cheaper phones on contract). This isn't relevant to the Amazon/Netflix knife fight.
- mullingitover 12y agoIf being "dominated in the marketplace" means having minority market share but a majority of the profits, we should expect Netflix to do just fine.