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    [–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Linux phones will need to run established Android apps to get users, devs won't move where there is no users, users won't move there if there aren't apps. It's almost cyclical

    Right now we're working with people who are exceptions to this, users who want to experiment and devs who don't care about money.

    [–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    Waydroid runs decently on the pinephone. On a phone with better specs, it might be downright usable for proprietary apps.

    Potentially a proton-style layer could really ease transition, like on the steamdeck

    [–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

    BlackBerry 10 was actually a pretty slick OS that supported Android apps and you could even side-load Google Play services.

    [–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Progressive Web Apps. Web programs broke the need for Microsoft Windows.

    [–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 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 1 points 8 months ago

    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.

    [–] gingernate@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    We need proton for Android apps

    [–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

    We have Waydroid which is close enough. It needs some quality of life improvements for better integration with the native Linux ecosystem but it runs Android apps just fine on Linux phones.