Ask HN: Which platform would you launch a consumer product first in 2022?

by launchiterate • 4 years ago

2 2 4 years ago

iOS or Web or Android ?

Cheeky answer: Land on Photoshop first.

People underestimate the value of paying a designer for a high fidelity mock up and building a waitlist to see if anyone actually wants your product

Real answer: iOS if you have the expertise, Web otherwise

iOS : Network effect and people are willing to spend money way more than they are on Android. But development talent is harder to find than Web

Web: Not quite as sticky for the kind of product that gets used on phones, but super cheap and easy to get talent for it.

Android: Worst of both worlds, no one pays for anything, development talent is not as plentiful as Web and I think maybe even more limited than iOS?

Source: Worked on top Android and iOS apps "back in the day", currently an embedded Android engineer working on HMI

launchiterate• 4 years ago

Cool iOS it is then :) I am guessing TestFlight first to get beta users to refine the product ?

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