r/apple • u/Century24 • Jan 18 '24

YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix Apple Vision

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-18/youtube-and-spotify-join-netflix-in-not-launching-apple-vision-pro-apps?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy

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u/AndroidUser37 Jan 18 '24

It's funny you say that, because every time I use the iOS app it's smoother and nicer than the Android app.

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u/owleaf Jan 19 '24

I just think they have shit app devs lol. Most of what makes Spotify “good” seems to be the backend, server stuff like search, connect, algorithms, etc.

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u/Right-Wrongdoer-8595 Jan 18 '24

As an Android user their disregard for the Android application was what pushed me to YouTube Music.

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u/Forward_Recover_1135 Jan 19 '24

Sounds like they just have a shitty development team overall then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Sylvurphlame Jan 19 '24

Because it’s iOS. (Half joking, half referencing Android fragmentation, which is better, but still a thing.)

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u/bad-at-maths Jan 19 '24

might be coincidence. most iOS apps are smoother

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

That’s because iOS apps are better in general because they have to jump through apple’s hoops.

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u/DanTheMan827 Jan 19 '24

It could also just be that iOS hardware is on average just more powerful and iOS prioritizes smoothness of the interface to be as close to the screen refresh rate as possible

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u/JoinTheBattle Jan 20 '24

No, it's moreso the fragmented nature of Android making it tougher to develop for and the larger iOS user base in major markets like the US making iOS app more of a priority.