Wow.... That's just a wrong in so many ways. Judge much??? I was a rooted android person and so are a large amount of my friends. I left because I didn't believe all the crap Android fanboys said about IPhone. I just wanted to try it myself. I love my 4s, no issues what so ever. For you to say most Android users are stingy or can't afford to buy apps is laughable. We all paid for our apps. And didn't " steal" them. Money was never the issue, quality apps...that was the issue. Wow...unbelievable .
Maybe you and your Android friends are not most users. But in my place and environment, people do that.
Read much? Because I already stated earlier not all Android users do that too, but admitedly, Android apps source can be different, unlike the one and only AppStore on iOS (unless jailbroken), and thus give more loopholes about apps being pirated. And that's definitely not good for developer, one of many reasons Android have more apps number, but less good ones. (yeah Android do love numbers, especially on their handset specs)
You dont steal apps? Move along then, it's not like I'm accusing you either.
Oh and one last reminder, does Android hardware company care about apps developer? Does Samsung, or HTC, or Motorola pay a dime for developers who build great paid apps on Android Market? Do they really give a rat ass about apps on Android market?
Yeah, maybe the cut for Android Market is not as big as Apple do on AppStore, but only Google takes care of them, while hardware company supposedly also care and realize that good hardware means nothing without good software to boot.
Because as you know, Apple pay developers 70% of their share. Did Samsung do that?
Another reason why AppStore keeps quality over quantity.