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Fuck Google. It is turning Android into dumb platform, which is tightly controlled by them piece by piece. From restricting different APIs (accessibility for example) to Play Integrity checks and recently developer identification even for stupid APKs. Fuck Google, I hope they keep being put in place.
I hope an alternative open platform emerges and google android goes poof. It would serve as a warning to others.
I don't understand why it appears to be so hard for Linux to go mobile. Can anyone explain what the main hurdles are?
Presumably, it shouldn't be too hard to get apks working, right?
Similarly to what valve is doing for Linux gaming could happen for mobile Linux no? Not sure which incentives exist for a company to go that course though..
my guess it's hardware support; drivers and firmware for existing hardware and smartphone components for linux are probably close to nonexistent. The apk support is the smallest issue.
So they should aim for older phones & the refurbished market?
I'm running lineageos on a phone from 2018 and it's running like a charm. I suppose that means that a Linux mobile os could perform well on old hardware too
It's also the old hardware where no open source drivers exist. To clarify: open source drivers and firmware for phone modules are about as common as unicorns.