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Why Android First is a Myth

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Re: Why Android First is a Myth

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Post by Systemic33 »

Nerdfest wrote: post #30
Systemic33 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't be the only one who was on Android and was hoping for some iOS devs to make their nice apps on Android. While a lot of users on Android are very cheapass and won't buy anything, there's also a big amount of people who won't mind paying for an app, but don't want to pay the absurd prices an iPhone costs. I since moved to Windows Phone, which although smaller amount of apps, they generally seemed to suck less t…

I don't think it's that android users won't buy anything,I think they just think about purchases more carefully as they're not used to being to pay for everything. Something must have real value to deserve real money.

That's' quite an interesting point of view.

Seems to be well supported by the fact that there are significantly fewer good and free apps on AppStore than PlayStore.

Maybe startups are more afraid of adding ads onto their beautiful app prototype when they are used to the iOS culture of always paying for apps and not thinking of ads, whereas Android users maybe in a higher degree accept ads on their app.

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Post by Intermernet »

goronbjorn wrote: post #14
clhodapp wrote: post #4

Let's take a look at some of the recent headlines on this blog: * Why Android First is a Myth * How Apple iBeacon Will Transform Local Commerce * On Apple’s Vertical Silicon Strategy * On the Apple M7 Motion Processor * On Apple’s A7 Processor * 1980: Steve Jobs on Hardware Software Convergence * On The Future of iOS and Android * Why a Standalone Google Maps App Has Already Lost I think we can pretty safely say that…

This is purely ad hominem and doesn't actually refute any of the author's arguments.

The points the author raised were all opinion and don't require refutation.

The two footnotes, which I assumed might be links to further information, were just more opinions.

Can you (or the author) provide links to hard data that assert the authors opinion as valid, or should the entire article be based as an as attack on Android (note, not just competitors to iOS, specifically Android)?

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Post by radley »

yeukhon wrote: post #29
radley wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not for us. We have an app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstats.a...

... actually, I am defending your point that you were 10 last week, 15 this week.

Got that. Was just plugging our app =)

Re: Why Android First is a Myth

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Post by TheFuture »

Ologn wrote: post #28
kumarm wrote: post #26

We are Android only Shop (After wasting revenue's from Android apps on iOS and Windows). This is what I suggest people who ask for Advise: * If you want to raise money, Build an iPhone app. * If you want to run a profitable business from early on, Build Android App. Curiously there was an email thread in Silicon Valley iPhone group ( http://www.meetup.com/sviphone/ ) a year back where someone asked if there are any d…

> If you want to run a profitable business from early on, Build Android App. AFAIK, the only way to develop iOS is to buy a Mac, which would put me out however much money. Then I have to pay a yearly fee to get on the App Store. Then I have to learn Objective C, a language which only Apple uses for all practical purposes. Then I submit the app and see if they accept it or not. With Android I can code, compile and dep…

If you're sweating the cost of buying a Mac and the annual $100 developer fee, are you really planning to run a profitable business? Those costs should be the least of your concerns.

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Post by gte910h »

Ologn wrote: post #28
kumarm wrote: post #26

We are Android only Shop (After wasting revenue's from Android apps on iOS and Windows). This is what I suggest people who ask for Advise: * If you want to raise money, Build an iPhone app. * If you want to run a profitable business from early on, Build Android App. Curiously there was an email thread in Silicon Valley iPhone group ( http://www.meetup.com/sviphone/ ) a year back where someone asked if there are any d…

> If you want to run a profitable business from early on, Build Android App. AFAIK, the only way to develop iOS is to buy a Mac, which would put me out however much money. Then I have to pay a yearly fee to get on the App Store. Then I have to learn Objective C, a language which only Apple uses for all practical purposes. Then I submit the app and see if they accept it or not. With Android I can code, compile and dep…

Objective C is not the only language you can write iOS apps in these days.
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