Comments on: Surprising no one, report says Android users less likely to buy apps than iPhone users

By: John

John — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:22:31 +0000

It boils down to Android users sense of entitlement because everything should be free and open source. Apple users on the other hand will buy whatever pile of crap Apple puts in front of them. Would be nice if there was a middle ground somewhere on a platform that doesn't suck (Windows Mobile could fill that void, but it has been an epic failure considering it's had a 10 year head start).

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:38:24 +0000

Precisely, globo. This is the reason I'm going to root my G1 tonight – the ability to save apps to the SD card will definitely increase the number of apps that I'll be installing. For the average user, who doesn't feel comfortable with rooting, the tiny onboard memory on the G1 means that each app installed leads to a big decision-making process of what to pull off to make room.

By: tony

tony — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:10:42 +0000

Great point as well, globo.

By: globo

globo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:17:04 +0000

It boils down my touch 250 MB of space and iPhone 8,16 or 32 GB of space.

More space = more apps
Less space = less apps

By: Tedd Fox

Tedd Fox — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:24:46 +0000

There was a report that the app store (Apple) numbers are WAY off. http://www.cultofmac.com/developers-call-bs-on-2-...

By: AndrewKam

AndrewKam — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:28:55 +0000

I mention at the end of the 2nd paragraph that there's a large number of Android users who don't have access to paid apps. The lack of access severely affects the commercial potential of Android and I think we're all in agreement that more needs to be done to make paid apps widely available to consumers everywhere.

By: Webreaper

Webreaper — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:15:41 +0000

Perhaps this just shows that the free Android apps are better quality than the free iPhone apps? iPhone has been touted as the platform to make a million on, whereas Android is touted as open. So perhaps the appdevs who write for the pleasure (rather than the money) are heading towards the Google platform. Many of the best and most frequently-used apps on my Magic are free: NewsRob, TwiDroid, AndNav2, Locale, K9, etc.

By: Sven

Sven — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:26:53 +0000

Because we are just able to purchase via creditcard. I dont habe one (as the most people in western and mideurope dont have). I would buy more if paypal or ec would be possible.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:36:32 +0000

Google Checkout is a mess for many people to use, many have reported errors when trying to buy apps – the surest way to put people off buying a paid app!

By: Moom

Moom — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:05:58 +0000

This article fails to get a worldwide perception of the problem : when most countries do not have access to the Android Market for obscure Google limitation's reasons, then of course these people won't buy paid apps.
We all need to root our devices to be able to install Market Enabler, and from there we can buy apps. But getting into other issues, as rooting a HTC Hero prevents it to get access to copy-protected applications (free or paid)…
So globally : it is a mess, even bigger than Apple's approval process.