gwinegarden
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You should really read the thread, then read the meaning of the word sarcasm
You should try harder.
You should really read the thread, then read the meaning of the word sarcasm
Ah, but the point of the Android emulator in WM10 is that for mobile, developers do not need to port an app. Some apps will work without change. If the app uses maps internally then the change is relatively minor ( 10 minutes ).
So developers like SnapChat no longer need to write a UWA to bring apps to mobile, they just release their Android app.
And you can still sideload in the latest public version. XDA guys worked a method out.
Yes but, again, they will have to WANT to put their apps on a mobile platform with 2.5% of marketshare. And that's the thing. It's easy to put an app in the store. But keeping it has costs. Costs which most of those developers simply aren't willing to pay.
Wrong. Keeping it has almost no costs. We have apps in the store. When we already have other platforms covered, the support overhead to add 2.5% more users is not a large chunk. If the app is basically the Android one in which case the questions are the same I'd expect it to be around 2.5% of requests. Exactly the same percentage as if it grew on Android by 2.5%.
Except probably the pay-off of an increase of 2.5% on Android is much higher than the 2.5% on WP. Not to mention the Android developers would need to know how to work with the Microsoft conversion tools.
But hey...if you think that argument is solid enough to justify putting an app on the Windows Store, go try convince Starbucks & Co. of that. Because most major corporations that dropped their apps from WP alleged exactly that, the costs of keeping the apps (others, like Instagram, just abandoned the app).
Things will change drastically with Windows 10, and yes, many more apps will become available to Windows users.
Why I think so?
1. I don't know about "official statistics" but I see more and more people switching to Windows phones lately (yes, I've converted some). Probably most people avoid Windows Phone because take advice from the Android users who'll surely discourage them with all the false thoughts they have about WP (actually they too haven't seen in their life). There are many misconceptions we have all heard about Windows Phones, and let's be honest - most of them are false.
2. Islandwood and Astoria will do they part for sure. IMHO developers must be stupid to not take a chance to offer their products to more potential users.
3. If not by original developers some apps will be ported "unofficially". Want it or not, it will happen before or later.
But what are you doing in Windows forums then?
1. That may be your experience, but as I said before I've noticed people coming more and more to Windows, usually by leaving Childroid.
2. No arguments - no comment.
3. Sure, unofficial ports are not allowed in the Windows Store, and that's why I love it too! Windows Store is completely safe, unlike Google Play which is full of garbage. When quantity is more important than quality - that's Google. But I'm talking about sideloading apps anyway, not about Store.
Could be this an explanation why usable apps for my NOKIA 1520 disappeared?It's easy to put an app in the store. But keeping it has costs. Costs which most of those developers simply aren't willing to pay.