Comments on: Apple's Leagues Ahead In App Downloads: 18 Billion To Android's 10 Billion http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jefferson RFO http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86621 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:53:10 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86621 Well, okay, sure, that’s all true. But re the 18 billion to 10 billion, so many of the Android market’s apps have viruses, spyware and other nefarious stuff hidden in them that Android’s 10 billion is really more like, I dunno, 30 billion! I mean, when you get an iPhone app, you know what you’re getting; what’s the fun in that? Using an Android app, you get that standing-on-the-edge-of-a-cliff-wearing-rollerskates-on-a-windy-day kind of excitement! So isn’t it way better to go with Android apps and have no idea what you really might end up with? I ask you!

]]> By: bbrewer http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86620 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:29:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86620 But then, what is Android but a ‘response’ to iPhone in the first place?  Everything about it (except the notifications) is a page from the iPhone book, right down to the android market.   The difference being the ease of use and the fact that Android is wide open to malware.

On iPhone, the App store was not added until July 2008.    How long did it take Google to copy the concept (of course, being more ‘open’ to spyware and adware, which is really the purpose of Android.)

Not long, the rip-off Android MarketPlace opened in AUGUST 2008.

So, Apple has been open ONE MONTH longer to get it’s extra 8 BILLION downloads (and a whole lot more useful apps which have all been checked for malware).

Source:wikipedia

]]> By: TheCrapMan http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86619 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:41:06 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86619 Not really sure that comparing 10 bil to 18 bil is leagues, which should be more than almost double. The Apple App Store was also opened first so they had a head start.

In the end, its just a number let out by marketing companies, so not sure how accurate either number is especially since Apples numbers were a response to Googles announcement.

]]> By: honkj http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86618 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:23:20 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86618 ——  A timely news announcement from Apple ———
you misinterpreted a marketing departments ad,   with a “news” announcement…  Apple had 500,000 apps in october when Tim Cook announced it during earnings call…   along with the 18 billion downloads…

the marketing department is just using his numbers to come up with an ad…   Apple has far more than 500,000 apps now…  and a few more billions of downloads….

]]> By: Ingrid Lunden http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86617 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:38:35 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86617 Thanks-yes, typo. Corrected!

]]> By: GB http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86616 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:34:08 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/12/419-apples-leagues-ahead-in-app-downloads-18-billion-to-androids-10-billion/#comment-86616 “Apple gets a 70 percent stake of all downloads and in-app purchases, while the developer/publisher of the app gets 30 percent”
I believe this is backwards? It’s publisher 70% and Apple 30%;
“Mac developers set the prices for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees” (from Apple’s press announcement)

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