Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to native iOS dev?

Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to nat... by schlu on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:31AM (#22290577)

I don't have any direct experience of building a business on Android. Last I heard iOS users spend more money on the App Store than Android users. I think this implies it is harder. I would think they are both pretty difficult probably in the same order of magnitude to each other.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to nat... by jpttsn on Monday February 10, 2020 @04:32PM (#22293615)

If the walled garden is that bad for indies, indies should do way better on Android, right?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to nat... by mygo on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:02PM (#22305634)

There is significantly more money inside that walled garden. Just a more qualified customer base in terms of willingness to pay.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching from web development to nat... by jpttsn on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:34AM (#22327893)

So: on net, the single distribution channel provides access to paying customers, in turn making it easier—-not harder—-for indies to build a business there.

Which makes it wrong to say iOS’s single distribution channel is bad for indies: it’s actually good for indies.

Unless you claim that walled garden and paying users occurring together is a sheer coincidence.

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