Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
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#3> Android’s loss of market share boils down to heightened competition within the OS space
Yeah, that duopoly is a lot of competition
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#4Sure: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-201001-20... ?
That's all platforms - I also had my doubts, but if you switch to the mobile view, it does appear that Android has dipped in percent the last few years: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide#...
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#5Sure: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-201001-20... ?
Haha so in reality, it even surpassed Windows in the last 5 years! (Granted it has more to do with desktop losing to mobile.)
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#6Some of this may be due to the Librem 5.
In the time it took me to write this comment, they could have shipped anywhere from zero to one phones.
That's conceivably not nothing.
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#7I’m not surprised. I used Android devoutly, had a Galaxy S4, then an S8 when that started showing its age. I upgraded to an iPhone 12 when AT&T ran the promotion to get a free one.
I wanted to keep liking Android. The amount of time I spent arguing vehemently that Android was superior made the switch hard, but several factors came into play for me: - Extremely slow and fragmented upgrade of OS. This resulted in substantially older features and security patches. - Privacy. iMessage’s encryption (though I stand by that it is gimmicky to only offer for iPhones, and I despise that) has a serious network effect. Apple is also far more transparent in what data they use, how they use it, etc. - Ironically, price. At the time, the iPhone was cheaper than the equivalent Android phone.
The big downside is slower upgrades to the latest hardware features. Specifically, I am envious of the people who have 120 FPS phones, they’re beautiful. There is also a loss of customization, but truthfully I thought I’d miss it much more than I did. The fact that the iPhone “just works” is worth it to me.
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#8Is the Huawei situation involved in this drop?
Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#9I’m not surprised. I used Android devoutly, had a Galaxy S4, then an S8 when that started showing its age. I upgraded to an iPhone 12 when AT&T ran the promotion to get a free one. I wanted to keep liking Android. The amount of time I spent arguing vehemently that Android was superior made the switch hard, but several factors came into play for me: - Extremely slow and fragmented upgrade of OS. This resulted in subst…
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Re: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
#10I've always used Android, thinking that it would improve with age. But eventually I had to face the fact that Android is always going to suck. On top of that every year it gets more and more locked down. Why not buy an iphone instead? At least it works well.