@MattRosoff @treestman There's no doubt Google needs iOS. I am just saying it is not just because of "better" users, it is for "users".
@treestman @TheRomit @MattRosoff responded on my blog: http://stratechery.com/2013/apple-rejects-google-now-eu-to-investigate/ …
Google wins even when Android loses.
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff If not putting Google apps on iOS would risk customers leaving iOS, that’s exactly what Google would do. 1/3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff Instead, Google writes for iOS in great implementations because they know iOS users aren’t leaving. 2/3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff That’s not winning, it’s conceding a competitor has users you need but won’t get. If you can’t beat ‘em… 3/3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff And while we’re at it, if Google had the “quality” users of iOS, they’d focus on keeping them happy. 1/3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff And they’d do weak or nonexistent iOS implementations while *heavily* marketing Android-only features. 2/3 -
@treestman@TheRomit@MattRosoff Do you think Apple would allow Google Now if Android did not exist? -
@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff Yes. But such theorizing doesn’t address the here and now, nor my original tweet. -
@treestman@TheRomit@MattRosoff your tweet talked about Android winning. My point is that's not the, er, point. -
@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff Again, Google would *much* rather they be on Android, but that bird’s flown the coop I think.
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff But they don’t, because that number of such users isn’t there, and iOS users aren’t leaving. 3/3 -
@treestman@TheRomit@MattRosoff but Google has access to them. That's the important thing.
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@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff Google doesn’t even try to lure iOS users to Android. Instead, they help keep them on iOS. Winning, indeed. -
@treestman@TheRomit@MattRosoff that's my point! Google winning and Android winning are two very different things. -
@monkbent@TheRomit@MattRosoff Google would much rather have them on Android; let’s not pretend otherwise. But my tweet was about Android.
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