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Yet another app that can access all your contacts and potentially steal/spam your adressbook. I know this is standard practice on iOS, but it really isn't acceptable.
I don't really understand this unfounded paranoia that apps are designed by evil people to do evil things.
Yet another app that can access all your contacts and potentially steal/spam your adressbook. I know this is standard practice on iOS, but it really isn't acceptable.
I don't think many apps are really in the business of being evil. I don't really understand this unfounded paranoia that apps are designed by evil people to do evil things.
Yet another app that can access all your contacts and potentially steal/spam your adressbook. I know this is standard practice on iOS, but it really isn't acceptable.
I don't think many apps are really in the business of being evil. I don't really understand this unfounded paranoia that apps are designed by evil people to do evil things.
Maybe I'm just an entitled jerk, but I get slightly annoyed when a popular app decides to limit itself to a single platform, and then release later. I subconsciously didn't bother with Instagram because it took so long to get onto Android, and to be honest even though I like Vine it's been out for a while now and to be honest I doubt I'll bother downloading it unless I feel a real urge to use it.
Really surprised they are getting away with 4.0 and later. That would be like a dream come true for me to make an app that only supports those versions.
Pre-4.0 is down to about a 1/3 these days ( http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html ) but it's also probably the 1/3 least likely to use Vine.
Maybe I'm just an entitled jerk, but I get slightly annoyed when a popular app decides to limit itself to a single platform, and then release later. I subconsciously didn't bother with Instagram because it took so long to get onto Android, and to be honest even though I like Vine it's been out for a while now and to be honest I doubt I'll bother downloading it unless I feel a real urge to use it.
Maybe I'm just an entitled jerk, but I get slightly annoyed when a popular app decides to limit itself to a single platform, and then release later. I subconsciously didn't bother with Instagram because it took so long to get onto Android, and to be honest even though I like Vine it's been out for a while now and to be honest I doubt I'll bother downloading it unless I feel a real urge to use it.
If I were creating an startup with a mobile app I would definitely launch on iOS first, test the waters and see how that goes. If it works then I would start thinking about launching in other platforms.
Maybe I'm just an entitled jerk, but I get slightly annoyed when a popular app decides to limit itself to a single platform, and then release later. I subconsciously didn't bother with Instagram because it took so long to get onto Android, and to be honest even though I like Vine it's been out for a while now and to be honest I doubt I'll bother downloading it unless I feel a real urge to use it.
It's hard enough figuring out a product in the early days, even harder if you've got to support multiple platforms.
Vine probably had the resources to work on an Android version, but a decision was made to support iOS only from the start.
Maybe I'm just an entitled jerk, but I get slightly annoyed when a popular app decides to limit itself to a single platform, and then release later. I subconsciously didn't bother with Instagram because it took so long to get onto Android, and to be honest even though I like Vine it's been out for a while now and to be honest I doubt I'll bother downloading it unless I feel a real urge to use it.
I find programming for iOS easier. I also think the target market on iOS is better quality than the Android one, despite of raw market share they are a lot of small and underpowered Android devices out of there. If I were creating an startup with a mobile app I would definitely launch on iOS first, test the waters and see how that goes. If it works then I would start thinking about launching in other platforms.
The difference between Vine and a startup are obvious. Vine has teams for iOS, Android, and specific design, whereas a startup typically starts off with one or two devs at most. Twitter are known for being iOS fans, so they were always going to tailor their product towards iOS.
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I find programming for iOS easier. I also think the target market on iOS is better quality than the Android one, despite of raw market share they are a lot of small and underpowered Android devices out of there. If I were creating an startup with a mobile app I would definitely launch on iOS first, test the waters and see how that goes. If it works then I would start thinking about launching in other platforms.
While true, there is little stopping a team from supporting a set of high-powered Android devices. The difference between Vine and a startup are obvious. Vine has teams for iOS, Android, and specific design, whereas a startup typically starts off with one or two devs at most. Twitter are known for being iOS fans, so they were always going to tailor their product towards iOS.