Don’t know how much it improved over the years,
but battery life wasn’t the best either.
What Linux mobile needs to gain traction imo,
would be Android app virtualisation.
Kinda like Waydroid, WSL, WSA, WinApps, WinBoat…
But then specifically for seamless Android apps on Linux mobile.
That could close the gap of lack of apps,
resulting in more users/devs,
resulting in more native apps,
eventually resulting in less need for Android apps on Linux mobile.
I hate Android. A bit over a decade ago, I ran across an ArsTechnica article about a sale on Windows Phone, so I figured, for $55, may as well give it a try. Turns out I don’t hate the form factor; I hate Android.
I got a much better Windows phone shortly after, and I rode that for about two years. When I first got into the ecosystem, pretty much all apps were available (The Economist built a WP app!), but as uptake went nowhere, the apps started disappearing, and I had to come crawling back to Android.
I hate this fucking thing of “no, no, let us control your hardware.” And software options. And sell your location data to anyone willing to buy it.
I loved BB10. It had gesture-based navigation years ahead of its time, the Hub was the best notification system I’ve ever used, and it could run Android apps alongside BB10-native apps. It helped that I liked the form factor of the devices with physical keyboards, too.
Nowadays can choose between a large, glass rectangle, and an extra-large, glass rectangle in one of two flavours: Apple and Android. It’s no coincidence that Android has become more restrictive in terms of control over your own device, as the competition has dwindled and thinned.
As many pointed out, lack of apps.
Don’t know how much it improved over the years,
but battery life wasn’t the best either.
What Linux mobile needs to gain traction imo,
would be Android app virtualisation.
Kinda like Waydroid, WSL, WSA, WinApps, WinBoat…
But then specifically for seamless Android apps on Linux mobile.
That could close the gap of lack of apps,
resulting in more users/devs,
resulting in more native apps,
eventually resulting in less need for Android apps on Linux mobile.
Sailfishos has this their own Android App Support. That integrates Android apps to native UI quite beautifully what I have seen
I hate Android. A bit over a decade ago, I ran across an ArsTechnica article about a sale on Windows Phone, so I figured, for $55, may as well give it a try. Turns out I don’t hate the form factor; I hate Android.
I got a much better Windows phone shortly after, and I rode that for about two years. When I first got into the ecosystem, pretty much all apps were available (The Economist built a WP app!), but as uptake went nowhere, the apps started disappearing, and I had to come crawling back to Android.
I hate this fucking thing of “no, no, let us control your hardware.” And software options. And sell your location data to anyone willing to buy it.
I loved BB10. It had gesture-based navigation years ahead of its time, the Hub was the best notification system I’ve ever used, and it could run Android apps alongside BB10-native apps. It helped that I liked the form factor of the devices with physical keyboards, too.
Nowadays can choose between a large, glass rectangle, and an extra-large, glass rectangle in one of two flavours: Apple and Android. It’s no coincidence that Android has become more restrictive in terms of control over your own device, as the competition has dwindled and thinned.