| | | I'd wager that a significant number of those people in developing / emerging economies buying cheap Android phones will switch to an iPhone once they can afford it. This is what is meant by aspirational, IMO.
Yes, as more people in the world become rich, the Apples and caviar makers of the world benefit disproportionately. :)
In fashion, too many people using a brand can make that brand less desirable rather than trendy (and that is the extent of my fashion knowledge). In platforms, the more people using it, the more useful it is. If "Android first development" becomes a reality, iOS loses a lot of its aspirationality. I'm not saying it is happening yet, but it's a risk, especially in localities where Apple has single digit market share. Ben Thompson and Ben Evans has written on this topic a bit. One of them called it the virtuous cycle of "best apps- best users- best apps" that must not be allowed to be broken.
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