[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/4/2024 5:25 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 15:58:10 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

Inserted back:

#But what I heard from most WP users back then was that they
#actually liked the UI.

>> What made many of them drop WP was the lack of apps.
> 
> No it wasn’t.

Are you telling me that you know better than me what I heard
back then?

Interesting.

>              When Android started, it didn’t have the apps either: for
> years afterwards, developers still prioritized Apple’s platform, and only
> grudgingly did apps for Android.
> 
> But that didn’t stop Android becoming ridiculously popular and dominating
> the mobile world. Android was popular because it offered users such a huge
> choice of device form factors and capabilities, out of the box.

Companies did create Android apps. I have no idea whether happy or
grudgingly. But they did.

It took Google 1 year to reach 100000 apps and 4 years to
reach 1 million. Apple took 1 year and 5 years for the same, so
practically the same velocity and same level reached in 2013.

There seemed to be accept in the market that 2 apps are OK but
3 are too much.

Arne