Rise of the Mega SDK Vendors in Mobile

Panagiotis Papadopoulos, founder and CEO of Bugsense, provides an interesting look into the rise and consolidation of third party vendors for mobile development. On the Vision Mobile blog he list three reasons for the consolidation of SDK providers: capital changing the perception of value; the need to subsidise developer onboarding; and catering to adjacent developer needs. He also discusses other third party providers and how he see consolidation within the mobile development industry.