On The Android, Most Apps Are FREE!

18.2.12 The Reporter 0 Comments

If there's anything I can label about the Android, it's that it's the "Affordable iPhone."

With similarities to the iOS to the level that Apple is trying to sue the Android off the market (pun intended), there are reasons to actually say that the Android is the "Poor Man's iPhone." But with this comic by The Oatmeal, a trump card of the Android just gets re-emphasized:

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Don't you just hate paying for apps and software?

Before I switched to the Mac, I torrented, P2P'd and downloaded cracked and key-generated software like crazy. When I jumped fences and used a 13" Macbook from March 2007 to September 2011, I realized the value of buying software: buying a license respects the devs' hard work, as well as lets them stay in business.

Not to mention having cracked software may expose your computer to malware and spyware. And if you're using your computer to manage financial accounts online, this is very risky for you.

Since then, I would either use totally free Open Source software and donate when able, or actually buy software. I opened a Big Fish Games account, and have bought around 4 or 5  games by now, including Plants vs. Zombies.

But since using an Android, I am getting daily happies for one big fact: Thanks to the Ad Platform for Android apps, Android users need not pay for a good majority of apps they can download via the Android Market.

Which re-perpetuates the truth that this The Oatmeal comic cheekily jabs at: most of us simply HATE paying for software, no matter how completely useful it is.