Android Apps on MSFT Surface

BlueStacks has released an optimized version of their Android App Player for the MSFT Surface Pro. That means that Surface users suddenly have over 750k more apps available! That’s wonderful! Or is it? While having a slew of apps available may sound good at first it could be very bad in the long run.

Software developers today have to support two large ecosystems, iOS and Android. To be successful they must use their assets to create both versions. If they aren’t forced to also create a Surface app because they can get buyers to just get the Android version they can save themselves time and money.

The question we need to ask is: how successful will any OS be if there aren’t enough useful apps for it? This could doom MSFT's tablet OS in the long run because developers won't be creating compelling content. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens a year or two from now..