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Re:Scrollbar Blindness by doktorhladnjak on Thursday August 27, 2020 @11:25AM (#24294590)
People in this bubble overestimate the popularity of anything Apple.

I once had a discussion with a coworker at a major company known for its app, where I was complaining about an Android bug and he genuinely asked "does anybody even use Android?" And I responded, "only the majority of users in every country around the world including the US. It's even 50/50 on our app!" Afterward, I found the internal numbers for employee use of the app was 96/4 in favor of iOS, and this included employees outside of tech and outside the US!

He, like so many others, was totally oblivious living in the Bay Area tech bubble.

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by reidjs on Thursday August 27, 2020 @11:31AM (#24294661)
Users or customers? Is it possible more revenue was coming from iOS users?
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by leptons on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:29PM (#24295324)
If you design your site/app in the Applethink-bubble, then maybe you're missing out on quite a lot of market share if the majority of people with devices find your Applethink site/app difficult to use.

Make stupid design choices, win less customers.

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by mdoms on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:43PM (#24297103)
Is it a surprise that iOS users are more engaged with your product when it's tailor-made for them while Android users are getting a sub-par experience?
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by adrr on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:38PM (#24296253)
IOS has much higher penetration when it comes to app installs. I’ve seen this both at a fintexh/challenger bank and multiple e-commerce companies. At the e-commerce company I am currently at, 80% of our traffic is IOS. IOS users are also higher value.
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by ReverseCold on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:50PM (#24296422)
iOS has the majority market share in the US (~60% nationwide).

You’re completely right that this doesn’t hold true for other countries, and that ignoring Android is not the play, though.

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by ReverseCold on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:54AM (#24302070)
This seems to be getting downvotes, so here’s my source: https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united...