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minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoLike people to develop them or do they already exist?
minus-squarepigeonofparadise@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe exist but they kinda suck. Needs more demand.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoKind of like a field of dreams thing… You need something viable for there to be demand.
minus-squarepigeonofparadise@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThere are options, but locking a person into an ecosystem is more profitable. Pinephone is a good option, but it won’t work in all countries. Ultimately, someone needs to gut android for anything salvageable, shove it into Linux, and provide a compatibility layer for android apps. But, mass support won’t be there. Like, TikTok won’t build an app for Linux. It needs mainstream apps to work.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAndroid is already Linux, btw
minus-squarepigeonofparadise@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoEhhhhhhhhhh not exactly
Like people to develop them or do they already exist?
The exist but they kinda suck. Needs more demand.
Kind of like a field of dreams thing…
You need something viable for there to be demand.
There are options, but locking a person into an ecosystem is more profitable. Pinephone is a good option, but it won’t work in all countries.
Ultimately, someone needs to gut android for anything salvageable, shove it into Linux, and provide a compatibility layer for android apps.
But, mass support won’t be there. Like, TikTok won’t build an app for Linux. It needs mainstream apps to work.
Android is already Linux, btw
Ehhhhhhhhhh not exactly