Re:Show HN: We made 1 app this year
by Iftheshoefits on Thursday January 02, 2014 @02:55PM
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The 25% (or so) of Android users who are cut out by this likely aren't going to be terribly concerned with budgeting for themselves, and probably can't afford to pay for anything anyway.
I begin all of my new Android projects with compatibility for 4.0 and later only, because my target market doesn't include people with small budgets buying budget smartphones with years-old OS versions, because they're less likely to do what I want them to: pay me money.
> 4.0 and up
This cuts out pretty big portion of the userbase, doesn't it? Around 25% according to developers' dashboards[1].
I'm also interested in how this makes money? Or how it could make money. I'm not sure ads are viable alternative for apps you don't need to engage a lot with (i.e. games, readers, ..).
1. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html