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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)

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Nearly 9 in 10 US teenagers use an iPhone, spelling disaster for Google's mobile future

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, for sure. I was thinking less of the existence of abuse and more on the narrative of abuse. Apple had some success early on presenting itself as the only place to do serious business on mobile development because the Android alternative was a wild west of malware where you couldn't monetize or discover at all.

That narrative faded and now the perception of Android is probably closer to Windows on PC than to old Android. Yes, you can run wild, but by and large the commercial ecosystem is safe, secure and as business-friendly as the postapocalyptic tardocapitalist wasteland of mobile development gets these days, I suppose.

I am very curious to see what happens with sideloading on Apple, too. I'm guessing as little as possible, if Apple can get away with it.