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macOS covers 90% of people who would ever pay him.

This is a bizarre claim to make in this case, AI tech is used on all platforms universally.

iOS users spend dramatically more on e-commerce. I worked in e-commerce. Maybe it’s changed in the last 5 years. But that’s where the ops sentiment comes from.

More proportionally or more in total? Just wondering what the cost/benefit calculation is like when deciding how much to invest in the iOS user experience

It’s a dark pattern of the platform honestly.

I can’t find a single free app even for a tiny utility without being forced into a yearly subscription with 7 days free trial. One of the many things I regret switch from android for.

Since the democratic of iphone users are mostly tech averse people I can assure you most of that are forgotten subscriptions.

Having to pay for stuff you use is not a dark pattern.

Used, yes. That alone won't pay the bill.

Literally just google “mac users more likely to pay” and you will find many such instances

One of the hits I got was https://www.networkworld.com/article/665211/byod-mac-users-p... — so Linux users obviously pay even more when they are interested ;)

My point being that this is a bit niche, and overall trends might not apply.

Are Mac users more likely to pay? Likely yes.

Are the total number of Mac users who pay higher than the total number of Windows users who pay? I kind of doubt it. Windows market share is still much higher than MacOS.

Exactly this. It's a well-known statistics that macOS users have ~2x better conversion rate into paying customers, while the rest of the equation is determined by the OS market shares.

(I am surprised that such a simple formula creates so much drama for some HN users that they are dare to downvote you for giving the single correct answer to that question)

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