Apple convinced people that they needed their product, stayed focused and delivered timely, increased their distribution channels and then taught people how to use and develop feelings for their product meanwhile convincing people to develop for their platform.

Wait... I think I just restated everything you said.

Thus we agree.

The issue is that Jolla started strong in their marketing ("unlike") but strayed by not delivering a product, didn't secure third party developers that bring app parity to other platforms without using Android (glad it's there) and the developers that did embrace the platform produced stuff that was made more for themselves, not for people (my opinion).

There's a ton of gems that are out there for Jolla, most feel incomplete though. But there's also an app gap, a marketing inconsistency and above all, a true lack of distribution channels and presence. You have to HUNT for Jolla information. Too much "soon", not enough definitive information, not enough delivery of what's next.

And a very fickle user base.