Hey cheezy, instead of braggin about how much Apple makes why don't you show me an app that I've been wanting that's available on the iPhone but not on Android?
That's ridiculous. Everyone's opinions are different. Everyone's views are different. What you like is not what I like. Neither I, nor Cheezy, can read your mind. How the hell would we know what you want?
What I can say is that there are niche apps that are available on iOS that are not available on Android or BB that I use. These are paid for apps. I don't expect 99% of the world population to need them. However, due to the size of the iOS platform and how much revenues are being generated we are able to get these niche apps developed and sold.
Umm....ok. The classic mistake that Apple fanboys make is that they think everyone is looking for the exact same thing as them. Wow, you got an app before I did. Awesome. I got the same app for free, I also have complete freedom with the software that I use due to it being open source. I can hack away at it as much as I want, it's not only allowed it's encouraged.
That's funny considering what you wrote that's quoted above. You're asking us to show you an app on iOS that you need/want. Yet in this post you're saying everyone's need/wants are different.
People who have been buying Apple products like MacOS don't care about looking for the exact same thing as everyone else. Mac users get more crap from Windows users than the reverse. I haven't owned a Mac computer in 15 years and I can tell you the crap that a Mac users goes through from the "superior" Windows users is ridiculous.
And I love FOSS as much as the next guy. However, there are a lot of pro level tools that are simply not as polished and not usable by a lot of pros. GIMP is not a bad editor and usable for most in a non-production environment but it's no Photoshop. Heck, MacOS is based on the Mach kernal which is a FOSS.
I've been perfectly happy with my Android experience. I've gotten every app that I could possibly want. I'm also supporting FOSS and the open source community, which is much more important to me than how much money Apple or Google make.
Good for you. I'm not being sarcastic either. It's your money and the fact that you spent it wisely on a device that suits your needs makes you a good consumer. I have an iOS device. Android phones are nice but it doesn't have some niche apps I need. For my needs, which are different from yours, an iPhone makes more sense. Most of my apps are free. I readily admit it. These are some of a group of similar apps freely available on Android. However, I have paid apps not available in any form on Android. For me, an iPhone is the device I need/want.
Newsflash, not everyone cares how much the company that manufactures their consumer devices make.
Apparently you do care considering how many posts you're making and how loudly you're saying you don't care. Usually when a subject doesn't interest me, and there have been plenty, I don't bother to comment.
I am fine with all new paid app development happening on iOS and then maybe sometimes being ported to Android. Let Apple users pay for the initial R&D through their App store, they seem to enjoy it, and even brag about it on forums. I am not very interested in paid apps, plus it helps filter out the bad and mediocre paid apps because they first have to make it on iOS before being ported to Android, so Android market should end up having only the good paid apps that get that far.
This is rich. Isn't software support one of the major reasons why Apple Mac users have been crapped on for years? Now that an Apple product has the best app support it's now a negative? Wow. Just wow. And good luck on certain apps coming to Android. It's mainly games that I've noticed but Epic and iD Software have specifically said they have no plans to develop games on Android. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more developers in different software segments who are simply not interested in Android development when looking at the revenues iOS is bringing in and what Android is bringing in. This is also the same reason several prominent Mac developers have depreciated Mac development over the years.