I haven't checked on Android as a platform in quite a long time but it is amazing to see that things still are exactly where they were when I last checked.
Android == Google == Free Software
That still seems to be the basic idea many users have.
It was always weird to see a platform with such high market share compared to iOS can not even get close to what iOS rakes in as revenue and mobile traffic.
If one looks at the numbers it's staggering that a platform with so many active devices cannot even get close to the mobile traffic that iOS generates. And no, I do not think that Android users just use apps and that's why you don't see regular mobile traffic from them. iOS also has apps and personally, I use mostly apps and don't surf that much using the browser.
Still, even back when I last checked people where projecting this to be a temporary thing and things would soon change to reflect Androids market share in the mobile revenue and mobile internet traffic statistics. Apparently, that does not seem to be the case. The Google == Free mentality seems to be too ingrained in people's minds. And I guess the recent privacy issues don't help there. "If they all gonna get my personal infos, then I surely won't pay for the app" seems to be the rational.
And why shouldn't it? It was long since established that if something is free, you are not the customer, you are the product. And if every other app seems to try and collect your info, of course you want the app to be free.
uggh, conversations about this stuff get so messy....
Android users mobile traffic? iOS users may show more mobile traffic because the locked down nature of so many iOS app/features forces you to go out to the browser/web for daily tasks. Android allows so much to be done with only a few apps and basic information which accounts for 85% of your daily us to be at your fingertips without having to open a browser.
So yeah, Android users may just use apps, but the reasoning/tracking for mobile traffic and pattern exhibited from iOS comes for different reasons...
Android == Google == Free Software
That still seems to be the basic idea many users have. It was always weird to see a platform with such high market share compared to iOS can not even get close to what iOS rakes in as revenue and mobile traffic.
If one looks at the numbers it's staggering that a platform with so many active devices cannot even get close to the mobile traffic that iOS generates. And no, I do not think that Android users just use apps and that's why you don't see regular mobile traffic from them. iOS also has apps and personally, I use mostly apps and don't surf that much using the browser.
Still, even back when I last checked people where projecting this to be a temporary thing and things would soon change to reflect Androids market share in the mobile revenue and mobile internet traffic statistics. Apparently, that does not seem to be the case. The Google == Free mentality seems to be too ingrained in people's minds. And I guess the recent privacy issues don't help there. "If they all gonna get my personal infos, then I surely won't pay for the app" seems to be the rational.
And why shouldn't it? It was long since established that if something is free, you are not the customer, you are the product. And if every other app seems to try and collect your info, of course you want the app to be free.