I don't think Android users use the browser more. I just think the culture is different.
People who own an iPhone are more likely to have been buying songs for $0.99 or whatever it is for a long time. They probably own a Mac, a computer which costs at least twice as much as a comparably equipped PC. They have money and are used to spending it. The people who develop iPhone apps, must own a Mac, and must pay a pricey license to Apple to distribute an app over the app store. So a lot fewer apps are going to be free. The fewer the free apps, the more likely users will buy paid ones, and the more likely developers are going to not offer their app for free. Then thirdly, the iPhone is a platform of control. Fewer options, do it Steve's way, even though Steve has some great designers and his way is for most people a really good way. Given the limited options of the platform, it opens many gaps for apps. All these points are self reinforcing. That is until a quality free app does the same for free. On Android, it's easy to get developing, the SDK and development tools run on every computer, they are free, the license to distribute on Market is very cheap. You don't need an expensive phone to develop, and the platform initially appealed to computer geeks. The kind of people who have been writing open source free software for ages. So I think there are many reasons why paid apps are doing better on the iPhone than on Android that have little to do with Google. Certainly their slow rate of improvement to Market is not helping. In app purchases to solidify the download ONE official copy of the app that receives all the ratings/reviews. And then easily buy the unlock add-on to the app will help. But I think once the genie is out of the bottle (and by that I mean quality free software already accomplishing most of the tasks people want to do), very little is going to change. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
