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minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoWell yes, linux phones are great But its kinda the same as opting out of Gservices, you gotta find a new Linux native app for everything for it to work smoothly Which, for once is great since libadwaita and qt has great scalability, so most linux apps already look great on Linux mobile But if you depend on Android native apps, you cant really expect more from Waydroid as you do from wine in other words: No IGN, you cant just boot into a linux phone and complain that you cant download Instagram from the Play store
minus-squareJeena@piefed.jeena.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI don’t care about mainstream apps, but sadly I have to care about my bank and tax office login :(
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoDo you need these on the go? You could just go out of your way and keep an old phone in your closet
minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWell yeah, but do FOSS enthusiasts generally want to use mainstream apps like Instagram anyway?
minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIsh? It’s something most people might have heard of, and it’s not in F-Droid.
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agothats why my whole rant was pointed at people working and/or having the same amount of brain wrinkles as IGN employees Because yes, most mainstream people are just like this when reviewing Google less phone OSs
Well yes, linux phones are great
But its kinda the same as opting out of Gservices, you gotta find a new Linux native app for everything for it to work smoothly
Which, for once is great since libadwaita and qt has great scalability, so most linux apps already look great on Linux mobile
But if you depend on Android native apps, you cant really expect more from Waydroid as you do from wine
in other words: No IGN, you cant just boot into a linux phone and complain that you cant download Instagram from the Play store
I don’t care about mainstream apps, but sadly I have to care about my bank and tax office login :(
Do you need these on the go?
You could just go out of your way and keep an old phone in your closet
When I traves yes.
Well yeah, but do FOSS enthusiasts generally want to use mainstream apps like Instagram anyway?
Is Signal mainstream?
Ish? It’s something most people might have heard of, and it’s not in F-Droid.
Molly is though
thats why my whole rant was pointed at people working and/or having the same amount of brain wrinkles as IGN employees
Because yes, most mainstream people are just like this when reviewing Google less phone OSs