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Originally Posted by opendoor
App development also follows the money though, and even with a smaller market share iOS apps generate far more revenue. iOS's top 200 paid apps generate about 9 times the revenue that the top 200 paid ones for Android do. Until Android's market share actually translates into revenue and profits for those involved, iOS is going nowhere. Piracy is also a far bigger concern on Android where it's trivially easy to load pretty much any app you want without paying for it.
Not to mention the profitability of the parent companies makes this completely unlike the Windows/Mac situation. Google is estimated to make $6-10 per device including ad revenue over the life of an Android phone; Apple makes about $300 per device before it's even turned on, never mind all the revenue from app sales.
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For now. Once Android is at 80% market share and their phones become better and cheaper you are going to see a shift over.
Besides with apps i'm sure it's pretty easy to cross platform them.