Not just 20% market share, the top 20% most engaged, most spending mobile users. Out of a market very soon to be 6-7 billion strong. They may not always be the best market, but I'll try to serve them first every time.
800 million credit carded users today. More iPhones sold in a quarter than yearly global PC sales in the mid 1990s. That is big enough for a lot of things.
Once again, I understand the "we sell BMW's" attitude. What I want you to understand is that the shear volume of Android will make it the major software platform, much like Windows is the major software platform, and the Mac is often treated like a second class citizen.
I do understand Android as significantly larger, but the users are significantly worse. While there are still sub-markets that are decent, most Android users don't spend much money and don't use their devices anywhere nearly as much as iOS users. Nor do they tend to care as much for quality over price. I want customers that really really want my solution, not just the cheapest solution.
Apple can be seen as a sort of "BMW" when looking at their USP, but it's not really like that at all. Can I make Apps that run on BMWs? It's not a very good analogy of the platform aspect of iOS.
I feel it's a question of where I want my product; on a "Walmart" shelf or a "Nordstrom" shelf?
I'd also contend that Android cannot be seen as one platform. At the very least it's bifurcated into "Samsung-Android" and "Everyone-Else-Android".
800 million credit carded users today. More iPhones sold in a quarter than yearly global PC sales in the mid 1990s. That is big enough for a lot of things.