Re:Apple vs. Android: Developers see a socioeconomic divide
by nostrademons on Friday April 04, 2014 @04:24PM
(#7534084)
Yeah, this is pretty egregious. When I played around with the source map and Manhattan, most of the effect they mentioned goes away when you look at the maps in isolation. The iPhone layer was drawn on top of Android, so of course it looks like Manhattan is full of iPhone users; the only time the Android pixels stand out is where there are no iPhone users at all.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Apple vs. Android: Developers see a socioeconomic divide
by nkoren on Friday April 04, 2014 @04:34PM
(#7534160)
Even with the egregious layering problem, the map actually shows something pretty interesting: the way in which Android has colonised lower-density lower-income areas to the almost total exclusion of the iPhone. It makes sense: you can buy brand-new low-end Android devices; you can't do the same with iPhones.
So the map doesn't actually show that Android is doing poorly in high-value areas; it does, however, show that Android is doing well in low-value areas -- in addition to doing well in high-value areas. The data is a win for Android even if the map literally obscures this fact.