That was probably one of the best break downs I've seen Eric! -Matt P
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- "I'm Irish, I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life" -The Departed -- 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.
