Instagram release illustrates why developers pick iOS over Android

05.04.2012

If you like Android, you buy an Android device. You either don't buy many apps, or at best you buy the apps you can, and recognize that the majority of the world's most exciting mobile development is happening across the aisle. That's your right.

If you're an iOS devotee, it's a win-win: You buy the device you want, and have the enormous App Store waiting to satisfy your every mobile need.

Frankly, the choice seems easiest for developers. When you're running a business, you don't pick sides based on emotion or whim: You take the path that's best for your business. In the mobile development space today, that's clearly the iOS side.