>I get they need to keep trojans, spyware, adware, etc out of the store
They don't keep out adware. Users have that benefit only when using the iOS app store. There are tons of apps on Android that just wrappers around ad SDKs
They don't keep out adware. Users have that benefit only when using the iOS app store. There are tons of apps on Android that just wrappers around ad SDKs
Android, like all google products, is adware.
People aren't going to like what they see. One that always annoyed me was a google services app pinging a geoip url everytime I connected to wifi.
So that comment is illuminating uncomfortable truths?
Really?
The #1 uncomfortable truth in a year built of them? Are you sure?
If we manage to get something like the samsung a31, at a similar pricepoint, with all hardware working before 2025, I would be happy. But I am skeptical when installing yet a newer OS version on my pinephone and start writing bugreports for applications we consider trivial for a daily driver phone.
Edit; being able to performantly and robustly run Android applications in Linux could (sadly but it is a reality) help adoption a lot a well because of proprietary apps (it sucks but I need whatsapp for instance). That is not that close by either I think; anbox is slow and unreliable last I tried.