Pointless releasing anything like OpenBazaar on any other format besides Android

[KenR]

You can only make that statement due to your limited knowledge and exposure in the technical business market.Android is not the world's most operating system.Maybe most of ecommerce business happens on Apps by ebay/amazon but we're not imitating them here.Openbazaar is in its early phases,I'm very sure for a release of their mobile application soon.The development is slow as its open source and very few contributors.People are using it regardless of the format anyway.Platform in dependency is not the priority,getting people to support the idea is.It would be worthless developing platform independent stuff without fixing the issues in the beta updates.

[SFR10]

Can't agree with you regarding this, since having more competition in any given service is going only to have positive impact on those OpenBazaar like websites, mainly due to them trying to be better than the other but the moment competition is eliminated or absent then no improvement will be done on their end.

[vinaha]

To run peer to peer software it needs to be a computer connected to the Internet 24/7. OP, why don't you write a front end app that can connect to OB without being a peer to peer node? Something you can search and purchase on, without being a store.

[ATguy]

To run peer to peer software it needs to be a computer connected to the Internet 24/7. OP, why don't you write a front end app that can connect to OB without being a peer to peer node? Something you can search and purchase on, without being a store.

If your seller then you should be connected 24/7. But for buyers only it doesnt matter much, so Android version make sence for buyers.

Also for Open Bazar to be succesfull, a lot of people need to use it - and most people are buyers or looking to buy, and selling only rarely (for selling they can use their desktop PC instead).

[Kprawn]

Well for the people who wants to limit the time their store is online, it would not be a good idea to run it on a Andriod device like a smart phone. If

you want to monitor it, whilst you are around and only when you using it, then a desktop or a notebook with wifi access would be a better option. I

do not know, if the smaller devices will be able to handle the resources needed to run it. 

[thejaytiesto]

its the biggest operating system in the world

Well, the better the merrier right.
Windows is still king of OS for desktops, and iPhone is huge in the smartphone sector, so I think we need OpenBazaar working in as many systems as possible regardless of how many people are going to use it. If we want massive mainstream acceptance we have to get the software ready for as many platforms as possible.

[Amph]

for mobile maybe, for desktop, windows is winning by a long shoot, with windows 10 also, not even funny

i know that mobile = average non-tech-savy joe, that would increase the adoption drastically, but still desktop joe are holding a big share

[Wendigo]

Android devices are for consuming media and checking out your Facebook account while on the bus. I don't understand why would you want to run a piece of software which your own living could depend on if you are a seller and your main shop is on OpenBazzar for example. Have you seen business notebooks with Android or Chrome OS? Nope because they are just toys for your free time and when you want to do serious business you get a Windows, Linux or Mac system.