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> But I disagree strongly that it is a significantly declining one. ...but it is declining. Thats what all the data and consumer reports show. Seasonally adjus
by shadowmint 11y ago
> But I disagree strongly that it is a significantly declining one.
...but it is declining. Thats what all the data and consumer reports show. Seasonally adjusted, taking windows 10 into account. The industry is slowing down.
Obviously we're not going to go 'mobile only' overnight, but here are the brutal facts:
- You make more money when you have a greater potential audience of buyers.
- Investors are not stupid. Investment capital will go where the users are going.
For developers and certain technical jobs some kind of desktop machine will probably always be a thing, but there are a lot of people out there finding they dont need a laptop. Even in business.
Windows is no longer 'the' platform.
Wanting something to be true doesnt make it true.
- bayofpigs 11y agoMy last vacation I took a tablet instead of a laptop. I'm an android developer and didn't expect to do any coding while away. A few days in was struck with a great idea and had to try it out so used AIDE (app) I already use for browsing github projects. To my surprise it was actually not a bad development environment! Admittedly it was a small test project but it certainly changed my opinion that tablets won't be used for real development in a few years.