[boardwaalk]

A lot of people see software as a list of features, hardware as a list of specs. But when you think about how much time we spend with these things, maybe they just aren’t that utilitarian. We think of buildings not just as volumes of conditioned air — but also as something architected, as something that can have a profound effect on how you feel, something that can have value in itself (historical buildings and such).

[criddell]

I’ve thought about this a little too. I’m a Windows developer and it’s depressing to think about how many Windows users there are and, aside from games, how few great new user applications come out. The Mac may not be thriving, but that seems to be where interesting new stuff comes out.

I’ve come to believe that raw market size doesn’t matter. For many, computers are about as interesting as dishwashers. What a platform needs are passionate users.

[keytarsolo]

I think money is the big driver. Tapbots is a company that wants to make nice looking software which they sell for money.

On iOS and macOS, this is possible. On Android it’s a lot harder to make money at all, and on Windows the big money is in corporate software where feature spreadsheets trump UX every time.

Obviously there are some nice apps with nice UX on Windows and Android, but devs self sort in a way because it’s no secret that the best place to profit from good UX is iOS.