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Yeah so my conclusions on my very shortlived experience with an iPhone:

  • iPhones in 2019 are in some ways worse and some ways better than the last time I used IOS
  • the 8 Plus is one of the best pieces of phone hardware that I've ever used and yet the software on it is some of the worst mobile OSes I've ever used.

What we low-key really need is someone to make iPhone like hardware (no not talking about Xiaomi's imitations) which actually uses great quality materials etc running Android.

 

Using IOS 12.2 on the 8 Plus, I was actually pretty scared because so many people use iPhones and so they suffer the results of all the problems with anti-trust and monopolistic behaviour on the App Store. And as someone who sometimes wouldn't mind making apps for a mobile platform, IOS has fallen even further down my list of possibilities and I would now put even more emphasis on Android development than IOS.

 

IOS is a great operating system for consumers (ignoring the anti-trust and monopoly issues) but one of the worst if not the worst development platform for developers.

 

The only way to fix the cycle of developers needing to develop for IOS is for everyone using an iPhone to ditch IOS and move to Android so that developers can stop being forced to make apps using awful tools with awful restrictions on an awful platform.

 

Android isn't perfect, far from it. But now I have even less respect for IOS. And if I was making an app, unless IOS users were willing to pay 5-10x more than Android users for the same app or features, I just wouldn't prioritze or put much effort into an IOS version.

 

What a damn shame. The best phone hardware I've ever used with the worst mobile OS I've ever used.

  1. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    The irony

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    Android is great for developers, but not if those developers are looking to make money. 

     

    Meanwhile iOS provides useful tools and APIs for developers as long as they follow the rules and they get access to the most profitable software distribution hub on earth. ?‍♂️

  2. AlTech

    AlTech

    @DrMacintosh IOS doesn't inherently always make more money and you have to remember Android has more users than IOS. Also, surprise surpise people who buy $699 or $999 on phones are willing to spend more on apps than people who probably spend on average $200-300 for a phone.

     

    Edit: And Android also provides very meaningful APIs. probably even moreso than IOS because Android has to support more diverse hardware than IOS.

  3. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    iOS makes more money on average. That Average is why companies develop for iOS fist.

     

    If your store has half the download but double the profits......you’re inherently making more for your developers. 

  4. AlTech

    AlTech

    @DrMacintosh Can you provide a more recent source which is trustworthy?

     

    Also, I would personally boycott any app that comes to IOS before Android for non-technical related reasons. There is simply no excuse for that kind of behaviour which is one of the main reasons I gave up on HSBC UK. They have existing apps for Android and IOS and they're really bad. Their new connected money app came to IOS in April/May 2018. It's almost May 2019 and the Android version still hasn't been publicly released yet.

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  6. AlTech

    AlTech

    The only thing I could really tell from that graphics is that A) people who buy more expensive phones tend to spend more in general B) sales numbers on mobile App Stores are still many orders of magnitude worse than PC or server sales of software. Also some devs just bypass the Play Store because Android allows real side-loading.

  7. Origami Cactus

    Origami Cactus

    @DrMacintosh Have you used android playstore/ Google Play?

     

    EVERY SINGLE APP ON THE APP STORE IS PAID. The same apps on Google Play? Free.

    Why? Because you need to pay Apple 100-200$ to get your app on their store, while Android is free-20$.

    The same problem is with the MacOs as well. Every little thing is paid, while on windows they are free.

     

     

    No wonder they make more money.

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