Originally Posted by
RavenSword Isn't there studies that show most android users don't buy stuff in the App Store?
There is, and I don't doubt it is true. But Android is making up for that with volume. That's why marketshare matters. If developers make 1/4 as much on each app but sell 5 times as many apps (as an example), they still come out ahead.
We are entering a tipping point where developers are paying as much attention to Android as they do iOS. I think Material Design will be what tips it over finally. Standardization (and a really easy way to give your apps a flashy and intuitive UI) will greatly increase the appeal of Android apps IMO. It is one of the few things Apple has still had over Android until now.
I get that market share matters, but there far less users like us then there are consumers that just use a cheap phone and don't buy apps.
Cheap phones in 2014 are not like the cheap phones in 2010.
The Moto G will run anything out there, and the experience (except for games maybe) will be comparable to a high end device. We have reached a saturation point with CPU and RAM and display in phone technology. "Retina" quality PPI is now on low end phones on Android, and they are shipping with more RAM than they need and more than enough CPU power to run the now-optimized Android UI.
So yeah, there is a lot more reason to buy apps now. Not to mention, developers still make plenty off ads anyway.