It's Official: Apple Is Just A Niche Player In Smartphones Now - Android dominates

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CChaos said:

It's uncanny...

Think back to the mid-80s for a moment. This is history repeating itself.

Macintosh in those days had an OS that they more or less locked down and only allowed specific individuals to really make stuff for it if they got a hold of a license. It's not the same these days, as you can program for it at people's leisure, but back then it was NOT easy to make programs for Macs. With iOS, every program needs to be accepted to their standards and must go through their screening process.

Meanwhile, you have Android. They are the IBM and onward PCs that were more or less open source and you could do whatever the hell you want with. People program for it, go the route they want and nothing really stops it. No screening process that needs to be gone through. In turn, Android is growing at an alarming rate and is absolutely owning the market share. Macs today still barely manage 10% market share in the desktop and laptop computer market. iPhones are doing slightly better, but not by very much.

The process that constantly failes and then we have PHONE GAME  and it gets pulled   and Mario Ripoffs etc.  Apple clearly uses the money the earn for something else than quality control (iphone5) or the screening process.   It all goes into the marketing department and into some peoples pockets...

Edit: how dumb of me to forget the most important department.   You know the one that constantly sues every person on the planet for stupid reasons ;)