Android First

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Argues that companies should launch Android first or simultaneously because Android has 85% global market share versus iPhone 15% and U S share near 55% and examples like Equinox refusing Android, Instagram delaying Android, and a Coachella app with a two‑star Play rating show the bias. Recommends concrete practices: use staged rollouts and A/B testing, design flexible layouts, degrade gracefully by API level, localize strings, and split feature work across Android and iOS to reduce rework and increase reach and revenue.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:132007
3. 4:44android be together. not the same.
4. 10:30Why Android first?
5. 10:45MAKE
6. 12:14SHARE THE COST
7. 13:54ATTRACT TALENT

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