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Re:Why Android is a Better Platform for Startups than iOS by ZeroGravitas on Saturday June 20, 2015 @02:28PM (#9750642)
Money per user seems an odd metric to optimize for in the software world where you can duplicate your product infinitely for free.

There are software sales situations when that makes sense, bespoke enterprise software etc. but not phone apos as far as I can tell.

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Re:Why Android is a Better Platform for Startups than iOS by egwynn on Saturday June 20, 2015 @02:37PM (#9750673)
I think it's important when you're trying to advertise your product. If there is a marginal cost for each set of eyeballs you can attract, then you'll probably want to start with the richest set of eyeballs.
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Re:Why Android is a Better Platform for Startups than iOS by x0x0 on Saturday June 20, 2015 @08:41PM (#9751604)
Or you have non-trivial per-user costs: servers, bandwidth, support.
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Re:Why Android is a Better Platform for Startups than iOS by mattmaroon on Sunday June 21, 2015 @03:07PM (#9754537)
That's true, though to a large extent, the cost of those eyeballs is relative to the value of them. Android ads cost less because they convert less. So it's really about which platform has the highest ROI.
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