[jpttsn]

> Extremely difficult to build an indie business on iOS given that there is a single distribution channel that you don't control.

Would this imply it is easier to build an indie business on Android?

[schlu]

I don't have any direct experience of building a business on Android. Last I heard iOS users spend more money on the App Store than Android users. I think this implies it is harder. I would think they are both pretty difficult probably in the same order of magnitude to each other.

[jpttsn]

If the walled garden is that bad for indies, indies should do way better on Android, right?

[mygo]

There is significantly more money inside that walled garden. Just a more qualified customer base in terms of willingness to pay.

[jpttsn]

So: on net, the single distribution channel provides access to paying customers, in turn making it easier—-not harder—-for indies to build a business there.

Which makes it wrong to say iOS’s single distribution channel is bad for indies: it’s actually good for indies.

Unless you claim that walled garden and paying users occurring together is a sheer coincidence.