But the mainstream apps is usually what people look for when trying to determine whether making the switch is worth it. And developers want to make apps that are going to generate cash. The Play store has been economically viable for a while now. Are there some recent polls or something that devs prefer the app store? It just doesn't make logical sense to me at this point why they would prefer the app store unless there was just some specific feature like force touch that an app they were developing needed.
Right again and that's the answer. Actually you can see the proof everyday.
Google has more smartphone market share than Apple because of so many different phones (mid-end to low-end) with different versions of android (hence the huge fragmentation Google still can't control). You go to walmart, target, dollar general, family dollar, in the electronic section or even the corner store when you first walk in, and you see cheap android phones you get under or around 130 bucks. You also can see Apple has their own section with the newest iPhone, iPod touch, iPod, plus you'll even see a whole aisle of iPhone accessories by itself in Walmart. Pretty much you have cheap people who isn't gonna buy a whole bunch of apps that's not free.
You can't even get into the App Store and buy a free app without a credit card in your account. Whereas Google only ask you to make a gmail account with a password and you have access to millions of apps in a instant when you create one.
People aren't trying to drag and drop shyt, or even hook their phone up to the computer for that matter.
It's much easier to just subscribe to iTunes, or buy the music from there.
@buying music and movies and subscriptions.
Perfect examples of how two different people get their movies, music, and videos.
iTunes is the most known platform for music and has been for years. Wanna buy music from iTunes? Their website redirects you to downloading the program (I always hated Apple for forcing you to use iTunes to buy and download music from their store, even if I don't have a iPhone, because the iTunes program on PC still sucks ass to this day).
Check out this link from 2013 about
Apple's iOS brings developers 5x more revenue per download than Android
Apps are not the only storefront where Apple dominates. The iTunes Store
accounts for 67 percent of digital television purchases and 65 percent of digital movie sales, as well as
63 percent of the worldwide digital music market.
You can walk in a business building ask anybody in suits which phone they have and most likely you have more iPhone users than Android, and that's not even including rappers, actors, mangers, etc. in the entertainment industry (Remember The Fappening? All those photos from an iCloud hack).
Apple exclusively targets the high end of the market. That is, people with money.
Android targets the low end and high end and everything in between. It makes sense that a download by a customer on the low end of the market wouldn't be worth as much to a developer.
