Windows Phone had UWP no? Where developers were concerned it didn't offer them anything compelling enough for that platform it seems. I think it would be even less so on Tizen even.
UWP was introduced in Windows (Phone) 10. Prior to that, apps could share backend code between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, but the UI had to be developed separately for each.
The Windows Phone 8 to 10 transition lost a lot of people, myself being one of them. There are very few Windows Phone 10 handsets being produced, especially if you are looking for "flagship" quality.
Tizen has other traits that might be more appealing, like the fact that it's open source. (And arguably, more open source than Android by far.) And if Samsung chose to start pushing Tizen phones over Android phones... bear in mind, Samsung is pretty much THE Android manufacturer, everyone else rides their coattails. Samsung is maybe the only company that can upset the apple cart as far as Google's concerned.
In the west maybe not tho the Samsung store has tons of stuff.
FYI many if not most android phones are sold without the google store today in emerging markets if you buy a <50$ in Africa you are not getting Google's App Store.
To be honest, everyone sideloads the Play Store anyways. Heck, they sell it pre-sideloaded here in South America (and with pirated apps if you want them).
I disagree, while some may buy samsung as they see it as the top 'android' choice, I buy them because the displays look the nicest to me. I could care less what OS it was running, and I can't be the only one.
(Why do you think people can iOS <-> android but not android <-> 3rd party? The adjustment is the same and not everyone buys a phone to play games with their friends)
You are only saying this because you have all the same apps on Google Play Store as you do on the Apple App Store(basically).
You would begin to care what OS you have real quick when it doesn't serve you very well and no one is talking about games here(Banking apps etc)
It definitely didn't start that way. For a very long time, Android didn't have most of the apps iPhone users wanted, especially not back in 2009 when I got my Android. It took time, but it happened. Especially in the case of Tizen, where it could run Android apps, they'd really just need to convince the top 200 apps or so to port over to their store, and that'd get them started pretty well.
The challenge is not getting the apps ported, the challenge is making devs want to port the apps. Sometimes that comes because everyone is talking about a new phone, but where Android started, was the developers of those apps themselves getting excited about it. But Android no longer caters to developers, so a platform like Tizen has a great opening there. As Windows Phone is closed source, it couldn't capitalize on this nearly as well.
This was 2009 and the smartphone was not a mature platform. People still used their computers on an everyday basis and didn't rely on their phones as much.
This is not the case anymore. I work at a university where I have network statics for all devices connected and can tell how they are used and what they are used for.
People expect certain things from their phones now and if they cant have it they would go somewhere else. You're in denial.
"But Android no longer caters to developers" Can you explain what you mean by this?
Since Android debuted, it has gotten rid of SD card slots, keyboard layout options, removable batteries, and replaced most of it's open source apps with proprietary Google Apps. Android has gone from being generally unlocked to where even Google's own Pixel had to essentially get jailbroken with an exploit. UI design catered to power users has been replaced with large simplified UIs with excessive animations and bright colors.
Android of today is basically the iPhone. Really would like to see a phone for power users again.
Android is the operating system, how did it get rid of a removable battery? SD cards can very well be used with Android still so that was never removed from the OS. what Google did was hardened it so that apps don't have full reign over everything on there compromising security.
People are once again using their phones for a lot more than casually surfing the web and playing games.
Access to someone's phone now can give you access to their entire life hence the tougher security.
I guess Google can't satisfy everyone and there are options for now with Tizen right?
I completely disagree. Most people buying Samsung phones are buying "Galaxy" not "Android". If Samsung can attract the app developers, people will come with.
Tizen also already can run Android apps, and if they add .NET support, could probably run UWP apps potentially as well. Many of us have left Android or are looking to leave Android, and an open source competitor with wide application support from a good hardware manufacturer would be a compelling reason to jump. Personally I carry an old Windows Phone to escape the Google monopoly, but obviously for many moving to a closed platform is less ideal.
