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Originally Posted by joea
You just contradicted yourself.  Consumers surely benefit if lots of devs are attracted to a platform like ios because of standardised hardware. |
You'd think so but No, because consumers don't choose their platform soley based on the apps available (if they even consider it at all), they choose based on the hand set they like the feel of, it's basic functionality, cost/price plan and if they are dumb enough- how trendy/fashionable it is.
To be more specific on what I said, its really games devs that prefer iOS since games are the most technically demanding apps and require more rigorous testing. (Remember that many consumers are not interested in games.)
And Just because Android development is harder, it doesn't mean they won't do it.
Apple really try to over sell their app range & store in their ad campaign "if you dont have an iphone that means you dont have the app store" question is does anyone really care?
hell let's face it, the reality is that 99% of all mobile apps are completely non essential, while some are handy, the majority of them are just pure fluff. Most people know this.