“Developers will finally start focusing on Android first instead of iOS in the next half a year, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said in his presentation at the Le Web conference Friday,” Electronista reports.
“When asked by an Android user frustrated that developers still preferred the iPad and iPhone, Schmidt expected Android 4.0 to reverse that tren,” Electronista reports. “‘My prediction is that six months from now you’ll say the opposite,’ CNET quoted him as saying.”
Electronista reports, “Schmidt’s position still sidesteps issues that have kept developers either developing for iOS first or exclusively. Developers have complained of a bias towards free and pirated apps on Android, giving them no incentive to offer paid apps.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Developers with even a modicum of business acumen know that iOS users have money and the will to spend it. Apple iOS users buy 61% more apps and pay 14% more per app. After all, we didn’t get our iPhones because of unending Buy One Get One (or More) Free promotions designed to pump up market share numbers.
The derivative Android platform can load up on ignorant developers until the cows come home; it won’t make their app library any better, only fill it with even more crap apps that nobody will buy and more free crap apps running ads targeted at a demographic that’s widely known to be cheap. Our advice to developers porting their iOS apps to Android: Make them free and load them up with plenty of dollar store ads.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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I had a droid and never bought any apps with it. I got an iPhone 4 and I have spent a ton of money buying apps, books, and music. I have never had such a great experience until I switched to iOS.
Android market : 100k apps and nothing on.
Perhaps they will create a new word for them
CrApps : Android crap apps
As an app developer I bypassed Android altogether focusing on IOS … For all other platforms we are a week away from releasing a “cloud” version…same look, feel, and function as ios app … But more one size fits all since the other platforms do not spend the kind of money to warrant a tailored fit
Very interesting take – that Apple spends the time and money to make developing something unique for iOS worth a developer’s time, rather than forcing developers to an online app experience.
Is it April 1st? Am I on the Onion Web site?
I’ve got friends who prefer Windows and Android-
Friends who have never paid a penny for any application on either.
The way I see it, there’s iOS, Windows ’07, and Blackberry. Everything else is Android. Because Android gets slapped onto anything and everything, people buy (or in most cases, get for free) Android phones not even knowing they run apps. Grandma just wanted to make phone calls.
Thanks MDN. I needed a good laugh today. The Mole’s views are always good for that!
Yet again, Google wants to tell everyone they’re giving something away free when it’s nowhere near free. Unless they’re just going to flat out start paying each dev like $100k/yr. to develop free apps.
I would reconsider for my previous decision as a developer to bypass google for $100k
gun maker gives away free T-shirts with a big target on them
Great analogy.
In my opinion Mr. Eric Schmidt is unfair. . .
Sorry Schmitty,
Your credibility is zero!
Go to any developer job site and search for iPhone, then search for Antroid.
The number of jobs for Android is half of iPhone jobs.
Liar!
I publish iOS apps.
Eric Schmidt is dreaming, we’re sticking with iOS.
The reason? We need to make money, get a return on our investment.
The problem for Google? Twofold:
1. Studies show that Android customers tend not to purchase software and prefer ‘free’, which is not good if you’re selling software.
2. Piracy is at outrageous levels on Android, makes PC piracy look like a walk in the park. Almost 100% freetards versus payers.
Google say “use advertising” and don’t charge for your apps, well being an ADVERTISING BUSINESS they would say that wouldn’t they?
Not even Roxio make money with Angry Birds on Android, how are the rest of us supposed to make a living?
Give me people prepared to pay and low(er) piracy rates any day of the week, I’ve got a family to feed and employees to pay.
Exactly.
You CAN HAZ invested time and energy, with little to no return, or you can develop for iOS.
Sure Rovio makes money from Android Angry Birds, last year they said it was close to $1 million/month in ad revenue. Possibly the ads have devalued since then due to lack of uptake from penny pinching Android users?
Even still Angry Birds is arguably the most downloaded game of all time, so it is the exception and not the rule. Schmidt has consistently underestimated the iPad’s strength since day one.
There are pirated Angry Birds for Android.
How, when the Android app is already free? Because the pirated version has been stripped of the code that gets and shows the advertising that makes it free.
This is different from using an adblock-type utility, which Android does have. That at least would be an ethical way to ad block, and also less prone to downloading a pirated version with malware on it.
This is the word from the app development community:
Developing for iOS is relatively easy. The iTunes Store requirements can be stringent, but they result in better customer experiences and therefore better sales.
Developing for Android is a annoying and the customer experience with the entire platform is poor in comparison, resulting is fewer sales.
This is fundamental:
–> Better customer experience & sales with iOS.
Therefore…
What a jerk. Pretend to be friends with Jobs and Apple. Used SJ propensity to give advice to people and share his ideas and stabbed him in the back.
Not going to happen with Apple’s complete domination of the tablet market.
And malware is included at no charge at the Android app stores!!! What value!
I demand a narco analysis test. As Eric Schmidt is a liar as he has ip from Apple. Let’s demand a narco analysis test n let Steve Jobs finally … REST IN PEACE.
@reverse the tren
Eric, “flatline” is also a “tren”. A more important trend is how many developers will STOP focusing on Android.
Not saying I own one of these cult T-shirts, but…
http://shirtoid.com/43361/attack-of-the-mole-people/
Android is a big mirage. Nobody’s winning with Android, not the handset makers, not the developers, not even Google. Nobody’s making money except for advertising agencies pushing this crap.
Any droidtard who makes the argument that the apps on Android are just as good as the apps on iOS has never seen FLIPBOARD.
Had the original iPhone but after two years went to Android because AT&T was terrible. Now, I have a 4S on Verizon. Never bought 1 paid app on Android but have bought a SLO them on the 4S along with ones that were purchased on iPhone 1.
There is a level of ignorance here that has past orbital limits. I never used as much cracked softwares as when I was on iOS, and never bought as much apps as since I’m on Android. On the other side, someone with common sense can understand that a free app can generate more revenue thanks to ads than a paid apps. But hey, no offence guys, I let you dream in your boxed world. iOS is a good stuff, I’m sure there will always be many buyers for it. But, you can’t piss against the wind… Android is to iOS what windows has been to the Mac. As simple as that.
EPIC FAIL, loser.
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“I never used as much cracked softwares as when I was on iOS, and never bought as much apps as since I’m on Android. ”
Emphasis on never. Switching to a platform where using pirated apps is super easy did not make you decide cut back on using pirated apps and start buying more of them. If you’re going to come up with a fake story then can’t you at least try to make it even a little plausible?
“a free app can generate more revenue thanks to ads than a paid app”
So how come it doesn’t work like that?
“Android is to iOS what windows has been to the Mac.”
A miserable piece of shit?
Stop wasting our time with your pathetic pack of lies.
1) developers make more money off iOS than android.
“According to Piper Jaffray, Android has generated just 7% of the revenue the iOS App Store has generated for developers.”
( http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-21/tech/30424434_1_ios-android-free-apps#ixzz1fsgy0Xz0
2) Even Google makes says two thirds of their mobile searches come from iOS.
3) Many Android apps are pirated.
4) you say “iOS what windows has been to the Mac” LOL.
iOS from each companies reports show that iOS (counting iPads, iPod Touch) is still larger than android
IPhones alone make near twice the profits all the androids, Nokias, win phones etc put together.
Apple makes about 50 times more money off mobile than google off android . Google only makes about 1 to 2 billion year off mobile (a lot of that from iOs, Apple makes 10 billion a quarter from iPhone alone before appstore, iPads etc).
Add the 12 billion Google is going to spend on Motorola (i.e like equal to 10 years of Android revenues) and Android is big fat profit losing albatross …
Dimwit Fred,
If you are going to feed us a line of Bullshit, at least try to learn even the most basic writing skills while attempting to deliver it…
I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, when my BULLSHIT alarm went off. I checked MDN, and lo and behold, I found this comment…..
Yes, even though the experience of developing for Android is going to be no less crappy six months from now than it is today, developers will suddenly flock to it because… Uh… Because. Yeah.
Shut up! My logic is flawless!
Translation: once our xcode clone is done you’ll want to use it!
Funny stuff from Eric Schidt (as his name SHOULD be spelled).
Coincidentally, just yesterday I read a story which included a quote from a developer who makes apps for both platforms. His firm released a game that was Number 1 in Android downloads for 3 months. But even still, he stated that his firm makes 10 to 20 TIMES as much profit from iOS as they do from Android.
In Toronto, not only buy one get one free (Android phone), now if you open a new family plan for 3 years, they will give you 2 Android phones + a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for free !! Yea !! Isn’t it great ?
YES! ANDRIOD IS WINNING TEH MARKET SHAER WARS!!!!1!1
Why is it that stats like this are never mentioned in the same stories that trumpet how Android is running away from iOS?
——RM
Schmidt is sounding more and more like Rims Twin CEOs
(they keep spouting and spluttering because they know they are in trouble)
Enuf already: 6 months? MDN – iCal this Quisling right now.