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    "But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver" (lemmy.ml)
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    [–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Agreed. Classic story that has been repeated several times over the years. Ecosystem is everything.

    Microsoft's Windows phones were fantastic. They had super nice hardware, high refresh rate screens, better cameras on their flagship models than iPhones at the time.

    They were sleek, fast, the Windows tile UI actually worked great on a phone touchscreen. But it didn't matter to most consumers because they didn't have apps. MS had their own business apps...and that was about it. Didn't matter that every other aspect of the phones were great, people couldn't do what they wanted to on the Windows phones, so they didn't buy them.

    I would love to see something like Proton but for .apks instead of Windows executables. If it were as easy to install and run android apps on a mobile Linux OS as it is now to install and play Windows games on Linux, we would be in a great place to see a proper Linux phone.

    [–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    GNU/Linux is not aimed at people who want the most features. It's made for people who value freedom above everything else.

    I would love to see something like Proton but for .apks instead of Windows executables. If it were as easy to install and run android apps on a mobile Linux OS as it is now to install and play Windows games on Linux, we would be in a great place to see a proper Linux phone.

    You mean Waydroid? I've read that it works pretty well.

    [–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    Depends, waydroid emulates a whole android system, whereas wine translates system calls.

    [–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

    You are right. But it seems to be just as easy to use.