[franzus]

The app store is a perfect example of missing competition. It's 4 years old now and has not been improved once inch since its original inception.

Search, discoverability and speed are still as bad as on day one. Paired with Apple's kafka-esque bureaucracy and indifference for developers it's a really shitty state the app store is in - and I don't see any improvements anytime soon.

[spaghetti]

Serious question: why do app developers choose iOS over Android today? I vaguely recall reading about developers having trouble with paid apps on Google Play. Any other reasons?

I was a hardcore Apple fan for the first few years of the app store. However the novelty of the iOS polish that Android is partially missing (but slowly gaining) has long since worn off.