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It wouldn't surprise me. Android apps sell less, are pirated more, and attract more 'free' users. Piracy is a problem with iOS apps as well, but there's far less money coming in overall for Android developers.

It also doesn't help that Java is one of the most widely 'known' languages since pretty much every CS major has been exposed to it for the last 15 years.

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Actually, in my (admittedly limited) experience, Android developers can charge a premium because more people want to be developing for iOS. But companies still need people to maintain their Android apps, so experienced Android devs are in short supply.

My guess is that the salaries here have absolutely nothing to do with Android and are more a reflection of the fact that Java is still the language of choice at large corporations which treat technology as a cost center.

I'm immediately skeptical of any reports that put "piracy" anywhere in the top n list of problems for a platform. The great majority of people use the play store and buy their apps just like everyone else.

..Now whether it's a bogus perception, and the perception is causing people to eye the platform with suspicion, is a legitimate question. Correcting misinformation is hard.

Are you sure about that?

http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/05/monument-valley-developer-...

There's been a lot of criticism for that comment and it really shouldn't be taken without a large pinch of salt. For example, it didn't account for people buying it once and installing on more than one device. That's a pretty big oversight.

Much as I love ustwo, it was a stupid comment for that developer to make.

Yeah, "Java jobs" as a category is going to run from the kids coming out of schools in the Midwest and going to work at an insurance company in Omaha to senior devs at Google. That's a big range, and there're a lot of jobs at the bottom end of it to pull the average down.

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