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by bad_user 5433 days ago

     iOS users buy more apps
I own both an iPhone and an Android.

I haven't bought any Android apps because Android apps are crap and I won't pay money for shitty weekend hacks.

     if you're developing to make money, that's pretty 
     good deciding factor
That's a pretty weak argument -- do the math, most apps on iTunes aren't even making up for sunken costs.

Quite the contrary I would say, since the Android Marketplace is filled with crappy apps, you can create value quite easily.

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Wow...troll much?
I also own both Android and iOS phones.

and I've also never purchased an app on Android.

So either we're both under the bridge, or you've mis-labeled the troll. (Look in the mirror.)

I've owned 2 different iPod Touches over the past 2-3 years, and I've owned an Android phone for a year and a half. I've bought apps for both platforms.

The plural of anecdote is not data. There are apps worth paying for on Android. But for whatever reason -- maybe it's quality, maybe it's customer sentiment -- iOS users tend to spend more money in the App Store than Android users spend in the Market.