East Asian or "Big in Japan" software rarely ports to the United States because the software flourishes under corporate nepotism. While installed on 72% of Japanese iPhones, Line's Android app is vastly more popular, mostly because it comes preinstalled on so many devices.
Not that coercive software installs are limited to Android. Baidu, Tencent and AliBaba live and die by shipping their own stores on iOS[0], where according to old estimates nearly 1/3 of iOS devices in China are jailbroken by carriers.
By these standards, Minesweeper is an enormously popular game. But we all understand its success as a creative product is owed largely to shipping with Windows.
Software in East Asia would export better if it grew in a more meritocratic environment. Say what you will about the top charts of iOS and how they got there, but the teams behind the top charts deliver great stuff in short time better than their competitors. No corruption.
Not that coercive software installs are limited to Android. Baidu, Tencent and AliBaba live and die by shipping their own stores on iOS[0], where according to old estimates nearly 1/3 of iOS devices in China are jailbroken by carriers.
By these standards, Minesweeper is an enormously popular game. But we all understand its success as a creative product is owed largely to shipping with Windows.
Software in East Asia would export better if it grew in a more meritocratic environment. Say what you will about the top charts of iOS and how they got there, but the teams behind the top charts deliver great stuff in short time better than their competitors. No corruption.
[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/business/global/baidu-deal...