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    [–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (37 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.

    [–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 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

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

    What if the app also want's a locked bootloader, Play Integrity, and whatever else. Like a banking app or Google Pay?

    [–] bisby 13 points 1 year ago

    LineageOS doesn't support Play Integrity either. Custom ROMs seem to be doing just fine.

    There's the stories about "I have to have Windows because the school's exam proctor software requires Windows and doesn't work with Linux" but ultimately that's not the thing that stops the year of the linux desktop. And banking apps won't be what breaks the year of the linux phone.

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