Ask HN: How profitable is windows app development?

10 points by Immortalin 11y ago ↗ HN

I am sick of trying to develop for android due to the the unnecessary complexity and verbosity of the Java language. However, how profitable is app development for the windows store?

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itl12 11y ago ↗

WP or Windows store? Both?

[dead] bsitum 11y ago ↗

Windows have small portion in global market. You can use phonegap tool to build app(using javascript) or consider native app(using c++).

let's kill Windows use OS instead like Android,Unix system. embrace Opensource.

dragonbonheur 11y ago ↗

Java is not the only language in which you can program for Android.

matheweis 11y ago ↗

Not mobile, so I'm not sure if it's the comparison you're looking for, but I sell an app that has a nearly identical version for Windows and Mac. My conversion rate for Mac users is nearly 10x that of Windows users.