The problem with those kind of stats is they fold in every $0 Android device that are purchased and used essentially as glorified dumbphones. If you've ever used apps on those devices, you can plainly see why nobody would install anything onto them. I'm not going to cite average numbers of apps installed, because those stats fluctuate wildly and are typically bullshit. They also don't help substantiate usage.

Windows Phone isn't only unsuccessful because of the lack of significant applications, but acting like it isn't a major factor is just being wilfully blind to reality. Microsoft can't just endlessly throw money at the problem. They can't buy their way into popularity if there is no organic momentum that follows, and there isn't.

Windows Phone overall fails to make a compelling argument. But having backseat YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter clients and no SnapChat or other similarly flourishing services until it's so late nobody cares anymore is a substantial disadvantage.

Finally, that statistic you chose to offer is almost irrelevant. I probably install less than one app a month on my Macs, but that doesn't mean the apps I've already installed aren't extremely important to me. Just because people aren't constantly hunting for new apps doesn't mean they don't use the ones they have.

By that measure, the fact that I've only installed one password manager in five years means I don't like or use password managers. Quite the contrary, it just means I love 1Password and use it every day.

>The problem with those kind of stats is they fold in every $0 Android device that are purchased and used essentially as glorified dumbphones.

As if WP stats aren't dominated by cheap $0 phones that are also purchased and used as dumbphones and in the case of WP more so because of the lack of apps for the platform.