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Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day

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  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2016-01-20 15:33 +0100
    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-01-20 14:22 -0500
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-20 20:02 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-20 15:04 -0500
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-20 20:23 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day android <here@there.was> - 2016-01-20 21:15 +0100
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-01-20 19:52 -0500
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-21 01:56 +0000
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-01-20 22:24 -0500
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-21 03:49 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-01-20 23:07 -0500
                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-21 04:16 +0000
                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-21 04:45 +0000
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-21 04:52 +0000
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-01-21 11:43 -0500
                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 01:17 -0500
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-21 08:57 -0500
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 09:59 -0500
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-21 10:22 -0500
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 14:30 -0500
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-01-21 11:42 -0800
                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 14:50 -0500
                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-21 20:28 +0000
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 11:33 -0500
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-21 12:05 -0500
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 11:35 -0500
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-01-21 11:41 -0800
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-21 22:19 +0000
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-01-21 11:46 -0500
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 14:30 -0500
                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-01-20 23:38 -0500
                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-21 08:52 -0500
                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-01-21 11:48 -0500
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 14:30 -0500
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-21 21:49 +0000
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-02-21 16:50 -0500
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-21 22:18 +0000
                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-21 21:48 +0000
                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-02-21 19:09 -0500
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-22 00:18 +0000
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-02-21 20:08 -0500
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-02-21 20:09 -0500
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-02-21 20:34 -0500
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-02-22 13:06 +0000
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-22 17:34 +0000
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-21 01:08 -0500
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Ed Mullen <ejEMOVER@edmullen.net> - 2016-01-20 22:08 -0500
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 09:45 -0500
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-01-21 13:36 -0200
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-01-21 11:31 -0500
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 11:39 -0500
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2016-01-21 02:37 -0800
          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-27 06:43 -0500
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-27 07:26 -0500
            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-27 13:15 +0000
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-27 11:27 -0500
              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-27 16:41 +0000
                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-27 17:01 +0000
                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-27 17:23 +0000
                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-27 17:58 +0000
                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-27 18:22 +0000
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-27 18:44 +0000
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-27 19:21 +0000
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-27 20:06 +0000
                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-28 03:17 +0000
                                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-28 08:25 +0000
                                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-28 10:42 +0000
                                    Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-28 16:33 +0000
                                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-28 16:55 +0000
                                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-01-29 18:47 -0800
                                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-30 03:28 +0000
                                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-01-31 12:03 -0800
                                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-31 21:27 +0000
                                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-02-01 07:01 -0800
                                                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-02-01 17:16 +0000
                                                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-02-02 17:05 -0800
                                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-31 23:02 +0000
                                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-02-01 02:04 +0000
                                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-31 01:02 +0000
                                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-31 04:35 +0000
                                      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Jake" <jakethesnake@aol.com> - 2016-02-20 17:47 -0500
                                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-02-21 00:06 +0000
                                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2016-02-20 19:48 -0800
                                  Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-01-31 03:59 +0000
                        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-26 19:42 +0000
                          Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-02-26 17:17 -0300
                            Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-26 20:22 +0000
                              Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-02-26 20:15 -0300
                                Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-26 23:27 +0000
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-21 21:45 +0000
      Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-27 06:28 -0500
        Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-27 06:40 -0500

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#87381

FromAlan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>
Date2016-01-21 11:42 -0800
Message-ID<n7rcbe$5np$2@news.datemas.de>
In reply to#87344
On 1/21/16 7:22 AM, Caver1 wrote:
> On 01/21/2016 09:59 AM, nospam wrote:
>> In article <n7qnus$5ud$1@dont-email.me>, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's
>>>>>> still
>>>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at
>>>>> 38.58%
>>>>> and falling:
>>>>>
>>>>>     http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>>>
>>>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>>>
>>>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>>
>>> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
>>
>> depends how you count and it doesn't make any difference.
>>
>>> Says a lot about the pricing.
>>
>> no it doesn't.
>>
>> similar android phones cost the same as an iphone and in some cases,
>> they cost more, such as the galaxy note 5.
>>
>> the difference with android is that there are a lot of low end phones
>> that are basically feature phones which happen to run android.
>>
>> they aren't smartphones and can't be compared to smartphones, including
>> other android smartphones, such as the galaxy s6, htc one, etc.
>>
>> some of those low end phones are still shipping with gingerbread or
>> even froyo, systems that are several years old.
>>
>> as i said, market share numbers are meaningless. it assumes all devices
>> are the same and all users are the same and they're not.
>>
>
> Market share only counts if it's on your side.
>

Market share counts to people who write software for smartphones...

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#87382

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2016-01-21 14:50 -0500
Message-ID<210120161450562125%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#87381
In article <n7rcbe$5np$2@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
<alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:

> 
> Market share counts to people who write software for smartphones...

nope. 

what matters for developers is how profitable a given platform is.

people who buy low end android phones aren't buying apps, so they can
be ignored.

yet another reason why market share numbers don't mean much of anything.

many developers write for ios *first* and android second, including big
name developers.

<http://www.droid-life.com/2015/06/24/why-is-android-still-the-second-pl
atform-developers-work-on/>
  We see example after example of apps and new features launching on
  iOS before Android from large companies like Instagram, Facebook,
  Nike, and even Google. Usually these companies can¹t claim that they
  don¹t have the resources or enough potential users of their product,
  but what about smaller independent developers?

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#87385

FromLewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Date2016-01-21 20:28 +0000
Message-ID<slrnna2g15.9og.g.kreme@amelia.local>
In reply to#87381
In message <n7rcbe$5np$2@news.datemas.de> 
  Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:
> Market share counts to people who write software for smartphones...

No it doesn't.

Software developer make more money from iOS, and thus develop first for
iOS. There are more "smart" android devices, but most of them are cheap
pieces of crap. A lot are owned by people who would never buy an app,
even fro $0.99. And, the OS is a bitch to deal with for developers and
it is very difficult to write a _good_ app because the devices are all
over the place and you cannot count on even a very minimal base-level of
capabilities.

The money is in iOS, so the developers are in iOS. Android is what you d

-- 
For more than a thousand generations the Jedi were the guardians of
peace and justice in the galaxy. Before the dark times. Before the
Empire.

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#87350

FromSlimer <.m@nsn.s>
Date2016-01-21 11:33 -0500
Message-ID<n7r12u$9u6$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#87341
On 2016-01-21 9:59 AM, nospam wrote:
> In article <n7qnus$5ud$1@dont-email.me>, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
> wrote:
> 
>>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>>
>>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>>>> and falling:
>>>>
>>>>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>>
>>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>>
>>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>
>> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
> 
> depends how you count and it doesn't make any difference.
> 
>> Says a lot about the pricing.
> 
> no it doesn't.
> 
> similar android phones cost the same as an iphone and in some cases,
> they cost more, such as the galaxy note 5.
> 
> the difference with android is that there are a lot of low end phones
> that are basically feature phones which happen to run android. 
> 
> they aren't smartphones and can't be compared to smartphones, including
> other android smartphones, such as the galaxy s6, htc one, etc.
> 
> some of those low end phones are still shipping with gingerbread or
> even froyo, systems that are several years old. 
> 
> as i said, market share numbers are meaningless. it assumes all devices
> are the same and all users are the same and they're not.

Well stated. Personally, a market share means nothing to me. I'm the
type who would have enjoyed playing on my Sega Master System even if
everyone had purchased a Nintendo. Market shares are for those who
believe that it is absolutely necessary to do what the other sheep are
doing.

I use a Windows Phone myself and had Blackberrys before that. I clearly
don't care what the others like.


-- 
Slimer
EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter
"Everything seems to work fine, except that occasionally everything
freezes." - Another one of GNU/Linux's many victims
"Sound wasn't even a gauranteed thing on a PC in the 90s." - Linux
apologist JEDIDIAH explaining why sound never worked/works right in Linux

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#87356

FromCaver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
Date2016-01-21 12:05 -0500
Message-ID<n7r2vs$im3$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#87350
On 01/21/2016 11:33 AM, Slimer wrote:
> On 2016-01-21 9:59 AM, nospam wrote:
>> In article <n7qnus$5ud$1@dont-email.me>, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>>>>> and falling:
>>>>>
>>>>>     http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>>>
>>>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>>>
>>>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>>
>>> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
>>
>> depends how you count and it doesn't make any difference.
>>
>>> Says a lot about the pricing.
>>
>> no it doesn't.
>>
>> similar android phones cost the same as an iphone and in some cases,
>> they cost more, such as the galaxy note 5.
>>
>> the difference with android is that there are a lot of low end phones
>> that are basically feature phones which happen to run android.
>>
>> they aren't smartphones and can't be compared to smartphones, including
>> other android smartphones, such as the galaxy s6, htc one, etc.
>>
>> some of those low end phones are still shipping with gingerbread or
>> even froyo, systems that are several years old.
>>
>> as i said, market share numbers are meaningless. it assumes all devices
>> are the same and all users are the same and they're not.
>
> Well stated. Personally, a market share means nothing to me. I'm the
> type who would have enjoyed playing on my Sega Master System even if
> everyone had purchased a Nintendo. Market shares are for those who
> believe that it is absolutely necessary to do what the other sheep are
> doing.
>
> I use a Windows Phone myself and had Blackberrys before that. I clearly
> don't care what the others like.
>
>

If they don't matter to you why do you bring up Linux's 
market share at times?

-- 
Caver1

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#87351

FromSlimer <.m@nsn.s>
Date2016-01-21 11:35 -0500
Message-ID<n7r17e$9u6$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#87341
On 2016-01-21 9:59 AM, nospam wrote:
> In article <n7qnus$5ud$1@dont-email.me>, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
> wrote:
> 
>>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>>
>>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>>>> and falling:
>>>>
>>>>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>>
>>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>>
>>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>
>> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
> 
> depends how you count and it doesn't make any difference.
> 
>> Says a lot about the pricing.
> 
> no it doesn't.
> 
> similar android phones cost the same as an iphone and in some cases,
> they cost more, such as the galaxy note 5.
> 
> the difference with android is that there are a lot of low end phones
> that are basically feature phones which happen to run android. 
> 
> they aren't smartphones and can't be compared to smartphones, including
> other android smartphones, such as the galaxy s6, htc one, etc.
> 
> some of those low end phones are still shipping with gingerbread or
> even froyo, systems that are several years old. 
> 
> as i said, market share numbers are meaningless. it assumes all devices
> are the same and all users are the same and they're not.

I just want to add that Hyundai Accents and Ford Focus cars have a
higher market share than my BMW does. However, that doesn't mean that
it's a better car.


-- 
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#87380

FromAlan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>
Date2016-01-21 11:41 -0800
Message-ID<n7rc9m$5np$1@news.datemas.de>
In reply to#87338
On 1/21/16 5:57 AM, Caver1 wrote:
> On 01/21/2016 01:17 AM, nospam wrote:
>> In article <20160120231006@news.eternal-september.org>, Roger Blake
>> <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>
>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>>> and falling:
>>>
>>>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>
>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>
>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>
>
> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
> Says a lot about the pricing.
>

It says a lot more about what is considered a "smartphone".

There are a lot of "smartphones" being sold that are really just feature 
phones of days gone by.

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#89068

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-02-21 22:19 +0000
Message-ID<op.yc7ey60k86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#87338
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:57:21 -0000, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote:

> On 01/21/2016 01:17 AM, nospam wrote:
>> In article <20160120231006@news.eternal-september.org>, Roger Blake
>> <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>>> WAY more than 25%
>>>
>>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>>> and falling:
>>>
>>>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>>
>> market share is completely meaningless.
>>
>> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>>
>
> Apple phones are only 15% of the smartphone market.
> Says a lot about the pricing.

And the morons that fall for the shiny cases.

-- 
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#87354

From"Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>
Date2016-01-21 11:46 -0500
Message-ID<n7r20u$16rr$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#87322
On 01-21-2016 01:17, nospam wrote:
> In article <20160120231006@news.eternal-september.org>, Roger Blake
> <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>> WAY more than 25%
>>
>> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
>> and falling:
>>
>>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
>
> market share is completely meaningless.
>
> apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
>
Completely irrelevant to the question of how many of each OS.
I can walk down any busy street in USA, Peru, or Spain and I can see 
that IOS is far more than 25% of operating systems, but also far less 
than 90%.

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#87378

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2016-01-21 14:30 -0500
Message-ID<210120161430358856%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#87354
In article <n7r20u$16rr$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Happy.Hobo
<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:

> >>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
> >>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
> >>> WAY more than 25%
> >>
> >> Here's another stat for comparison, it shows IOS market share at 38.58%
> >> and falling:
> >>
> >>    http://bgr.com/2015/10/01/iphone-market-share-q3-2015-android/
> >
> > market share is completely meaningless.
> >
> > apple makes over 90% of smartphone profits.
> >
> Completely irrelevant to the question of how many of each OS.

how many there are doesn't matter when there's a huge range of features.

> I can walk down any busy street in USA, Peru, or Spain and I can see 
> that IOS is far more than 25% of operating systems, but also far less 
> than 90%.

profit share is not the same as installed base.

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#87316

FromDavoud <star@sky.net>
Date2016-01-20 23:38 -0500
Message-ID<200120162338013722%star@sky.net>
In reply to#87313
Roger Blake:
> > On 2016-01-21, Happy.Hobo<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>  wrote:
> >> >That number is plausible, but most of the sources in that wikitable are
> >> >not — IOS at 20-25% ?
> > That's actually a pretty good showing for a single vendor - Android
> > devices are marketed by quite a few companies, IOS by a single company.

Happy.Hobo:
> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still 
> WAY more than 25%

Several independent analysts, including one at Asymco and also one
Benedict Evans, claim that in 2015 iOS surpassed MS Windows as the
world's top-selling computer operating system. Gartner predicted in
2013 that iOS would surpass Windows in 2015.

-- 
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#87337

FromCaver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
Date2016-01-21 08:52 -0500
Message-ID<n7qnmj$45k$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#87313
On 01/20/2016 11:07 PM, Happy.Hobo wrote:
> On 01-20-2016 22:49, Roger Blake wrote:
>> On 2016-01-21, Happy.Hobo<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>  wrote:
>>>> That number is plausible, but most of the sources in that wikitable are
>>>> not — IOS at 20-25% ?
>> That's actually a pretty good showing for a single vendor - Android
>> devices are marketed by quite a few companies, IOS by a single company.
>
> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
> WAY more than 25%
>

Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
So 20-25% is plausible,

-- 
Caver1

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#87355

From"Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>
Date2016-01-21 11:48 -0500
Message-ID<n7r24j$16rr$2@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#87337
On 01-21-2016 08:52, Caver1 wrote:
> Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
> So 20-25% is plausible,

All I have to do is walk through a mall with my eyes open to know that's 
not true.

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#87379

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2016-01-21 14:30 -0500
Message-ID<210120161430358889%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#87355
In article <n7r24j$16rr$2@gioia.aioe.org>, Happy.Hobo
<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:

> > Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
> > So 20-25% is plausible,
> 
> All I have to do is walk through a mall with my eyes open to know that's 
> not true.

exactly why market share numbers are meaningless.

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#89064

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-02-21 21:49 +0000
Message-ID<op.yc7dj2f886ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#87355
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:48:23 -0000, Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@spam.invalid> wrote:

> On 01-21-2016 08:52, Caver1 wrote:
>> Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
>> So 20-25% is plausible,
>
> All I have to do is walk through a mall with my eyes open to know that's
> not true.

Have you walked through every mall in the entire world?  Have you gone to places other than malls to look at what people who don't inhabit malls all the time use?

-- 
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Assuming any elastic deformation is lossless and perfectly reversible, calculate how long it will be until the next Passover.

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#89065

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2016-02-21 16:50 -0500
Message-ID<210220161650146702%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#89064
In article <op.yc7dj2f886ebyl@red.lan>, Mr Macaw <no@spam.com> wrote:

> >> Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
> >> So 20-25% is plausible,
> >
> > All I have to do is walk through a mall with my eyes open to know that's
> > not true.
> 
> Have you walked through every mall in the entire world?  Have you gone to
> places other than malls to look at what people who don't inhabit malls all the time use?

i have, and it's roughly half apple, half android.

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#89067

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-02-21 22:18 +0000
Message-ID<op.yc7exut886ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#89065
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:50:14 -0000, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <op.yc7dj2f886ebyl@red.lan>, Mr Macaw <no@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> >> Don't know about iPads but iPhone market share is only 15%.
>> >> So 20-25% is plausible,
>> >
>> > All I have to do is walk through a mall with my eyes open to know that's
>> > not true.
>>
>> Have you walked through every mall in the entire world?  Have you gone to
>> places other than malls to look at what people who don't inhabit malls all the time use?
>
> i have, and it's roughly half apple, half android.

Either you're stupid or a crap comedian.

-- 
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#89063

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-02-21 21:48 +0000
Message-ID<op.yc7diahg86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#87313
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 04:07:39 -0000, Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@spam.invalid> wrote:

> On 01-20-2016 22:49, Roger Blake wrote:
>> On 2016-01-21, Happy.Hobo<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>  wrote:
>>> >That number is plausible, but most of the sources in that wikitable are
>>> >not — IOS at 20-25% ?
>> That's actually a pretty good showing for a single vendor - Android
>> devices are marketed by quite a few companies, IOS by a single company.
>
> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
> WAY more than 25%

Funny, I'd say that only 1 in 15 phones and tablets I see are Apples.  The rest are Samsung or cheap Tesco things.

-- 
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I said we'd love to, but our garden hose only reaches the driveway.

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#89070

FromCaver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
Date2016-02-21 19:09 -0500
Message-ID<nadje5$fro$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#89063
On 02/21/2016 04:48 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 04:07:39 -0000, Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@spam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 01-20-2016 22:49, Roger Blake wrote:
>>> On 2016-01-21, Happy.Hobo<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>  wrote:
>>>>> That number is plausible, but most of the sources in that wikitable are
>>>>> not — IOS at 20-25% ?
>>> That's actually a pretty good showing for a single vendor - Android
>>> devices are marketed by quite a few companies, IOS by a single company.
>>
>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>> WAY more than 25%
>
> Funny, I'd say that only 1 in 15 phones and tablets I see are Apples.  The rest are Samsung or cheap Tesco things.
>

The iPhones are only 15% of market.

-- 
Caver1

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#89072

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-02-22 00:18 +0000
Message-ID<op.yc7kgeo986ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#89070
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:09:28 -0000, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote:

> On 02/21/2016 04:48 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 04:07:39 -0000, Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@spam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01-20-2016 22:49, Roger Blake wrote:
>>>> On 2016-01-21, Happy.Hobo<Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>  wrote:
>>>>>> That number is plausible, but most of the sources in that wikitable are
>>>>>> not — IOS at 20-25% ?
>>>> That's actually a pretty good showing for a single vendor - Android
>>>> devices are marketed by quite a few companies, IOS by a single company.
>>>
>>> It's not plausible to me because of the quantity of iPads and iPhones
>>> I see in use.  It's no longer the overwhelming majority, but it's still
>>> WAY more than 25%
>>
>> Funny, I'd say that only 1 in 15 phones and tablets I see are Apples.  The rest are Samsung or cheap Tesco things.
>>
>
> The iPhones are only 15% of market.

So why is that idiot above saying 25% isn't enough?

-- 
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