XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
From: andys@nospam.com
Arno Welzel wrote on Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:53:49 +0100 :
> On the other hand Apple customers don't care. They also don't care that
> FaceTime is only possible with other Apple users. In the US iOS has a
> market share of nearly 60% and the Android market share is declining slowly:
>
Given the US is only about half Android and yet the world is overwhelmingly
Android, we all need to keep in mind Apple's vaunted "walled garden"
doesn't work unless you have constant 24/7/365 Internet access which most
of the world may not necessarily have.
The fact Apple devices have the highest overall cost of ownership and the
least functionality also plays a role as only people in rich countries can
afford to buy back the functionality that Apple removes from their devices.
> So in the US Apple is like Nokia was in the past. Yes, some people still
> use Android devices, but not the majority. It's just the worldwide
> market share where Android is still dominant because manufacturers can
> offer much cheaper devices this way.
In other words, Apple's strategy of designing the iPhone as a dumb terminal
which requires 24/7/365 Internet access to the "walled garden" coupled with
Apple's strategy of removing functionality so the user has to buy it back -
means only people in rich countries can afford such an abusive use model.
>> Having said that, I'm glad Apple adopted some RCS functions. At least now I
>> can see when people have read my messages (if they've turned that feature
>> on) and reactions are now possible with my Android friends.
>
> ACK - I hope one day RCS with encryption will be an official standard
> and we can finally get rid of proprietary messengers.
Everyone wants (except Apple) seamless messaging interoperability between
platforms (where Apple execs said they were "terrified" of that happening).
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