Originally Posted by
LordHamster
In Product Management there are several KEY considerations that need to be made before developing a product:
- Is the problem pervasive in the market...aka do a large number of the target audience experience the problem?
- Is the problem urgent in the minds of users?
- Will people pay to solve the problem?
I suspect that Apple did their market research and decided that the answer to one or more of the above questions was no.
This is where Google/Android fouls up. Market research is where they need help. A good example of this is any number of "Google xxx" apps...They get an idea for an app and open it to the public... then they either cancel the app without rhyme or reason or let it die a slow agonizing death and say it wasn't popular.(Google Play Music for example or Hangouts). Unfortunately it impacts the existing users. But then again, everyone is impacted by stuff like this. I'm sure Apple has a stable of similar products they changed course on. Just maybe fewer than the others.