Apple Gets Paranoid About Android

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8 points·jamesbritt··5 comments

>>As Android's smartphone market share has now passed that of Apple-17.2% to 14.2% at the end of the second quarter, Gartner estimates - Apple's strict app rules could have ended up hurting it. Some developers might have chosen to go with Android instead.

imo this analysis is wrong. The tech press and a lot of HNers care about Apple's "strict app rules", but very few consumers care about them and a very tiny fraction of iPhone developers have abandoned the platform because of "rules on how developers can build applications for the iPhone"

Apple's market share is hurt because of many reasons - in the US, they are tied down to AT&T while Android is available on all four major carriers, the iPhone 4 received a lot of bad publicity etc.I'm surprised that the WSJ writer chose to focus on Apple's "strict app rules" as the reason.

"Android's smartphone market share has now passed that of Apple—17.2% to 14.2% at the end of the second quarter, Gartner estimates"

Will this also be enough pressure for Apple to cut its exclusive ties with AT&T? I just bought an Android device today. I couldn't stand AT&T's network anymore.

Competition's good. Keep it coming.

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