Classical bassist, coder, researcher, author, and technical writer for Android at Google. Contrabass, Kotlin, coffee & gluten free cookies go together. 🎻👨💻☕🍪🚵🌄
Android market share in North America is around ~45%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/north-america
Globally, Android is ~70%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
There are regional bubbles for each of course.
Apple’s Messages app is a total dumpster fire. Literally every other chat platform out there has figured it out. Snapchat, Telegram, FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Line, etc., all work just fine across platforms. Only Apple wants it to suck for their users whenever a non-Apple device enters the conversation. I can’t understand why people willingly subject themselves to that misery and still somehow feel smug about their iOS echo chamber. Pathetic.
This looks like a hype cycle pattern, and they are entering the trough of disillusionment phase.
Every December I start practicing classical guitar arrangements of Christmas music, just like I always have.