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That article is simply ridden with braindead propaganda statements such as this:
"Earlier this week, Instagram—the beloved iPhone app for snapping, filtering, and sharing photographs—arrived on Android phones, nearly a year and half after the iPhone app’s initial release. Until that time, folks using Android phones could only look on longingly as their iPhone-wielding friends snapped and shared photos on the growing network"
I vaguely recall the name instagram and its connection to iOS. Seems to me like yet another app that applies filters to images and let them share to social networks. No, differently from Apple folks, I'm not in the "this is the miraculous one you should have" camp, obviously. So, no, "could only look on longingly" is hardly how I felt. I have not installed instagram, nor care about this kind of apps in any case.
But the article correctly pinpoints the gist of it:
"Go where the money is"
Obviously people rich enough to buy apple hardware and software have money to spare for thousands of different flashlight, x-rays and fart apps at 99 cents.
That said, as a software developer myself, me and a few other friends are of the opinion that Java development is easier than Object C development, mainly because of automatic memory management.
Still, both Apple and Google should be cautious now, because Microsoft has always won the hearts of developers with easy tools and developing for Windows Mobile in C# and Visual Studio should gain many, many developers... if only the money is there too...
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