You see “market” and think capitalism. By market, I meant, market-share. More users of apple products than android. So if a developer wanted greater reach…
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoTurn of your capitalism brain ffs. This is not the place for companies and markets. If there is a financial interest then the app is worthless by design. iOS is not a trustable platform for anything security related so obviously you shouldnt use it for anything that concerns your physical safety. Dont forget, apple will always bend the knee to governments in the end.
catty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Android has the greatest mobile OS market share. By a massive margin.
But Apple users are far more likely to spend money on apps, making Apple the most lucrative target for mobile developers to target first.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
Not in the US, which is really the only place this app is applicable at the moment.
ethicallysliced@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Android has the greatest mobile OS market share by a massive margin.
It’s my understanding this is true globally, but not for the US, where Apple has ~60% share.
(This app should absolutely be cross-platform though)
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fair point. I neglected to consider that we are talking about an app specifically for Americans.
Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t know, don’t Apple have a reasonable track record of pushing back against governments? I personally have even less faith in the security of android based devices or Android phone manufacturers.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Only when it comes to individual consumer cases like terrorists or other crimes. When it comes to large scale political movements then they are very quick to lend authoritarian governments a hand, see for example their cooperation with the CCP to suppress the Hong Kong protests.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
I am the biggest Apple hater and they are absolutely not immune from criticism, but they are generally a more private company. The CCP has their hands deep in every corporation on the planet so none of them are immune from that influence. Apple pushed back when the government demanded they dismantle encryption (Google doesn’t even offer this) for CSAM. They were also the first to disclose the government push notification collection information.