Thread: The Rumored iPhablets Expected In 2014 Will Not Save Apple's Bacon
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Old 11-21-2013, 11:23 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by pl001 View Post
But eventually if the market share continues to dwindle, so will developer support.
Why?

If developers can make money on iOS now, with the existing number of users, and Apple maintains these users, why should they not be able to make money off a user base that size in the future?

What's more, even with the market share dwindling, Apple's user base is still growing, so the opportunity to make money is still increasing.

It's true that if Apple's total number of iOS users starts to drop then the developers will slip away, but we're not seeing that yet, or any indications that this will happen soon.

We may well see more companies developing for Android first and iOS second, but that's not the same as not developing for iOS at all.

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