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However, the odds of me buying something running Android are very low. I suppose most customers don’t care, but it’s usually a deal breaker for me. I’ve tried setting aside my biases a couple times to try and it wasn’t good.
> Committing to JVM usage instead of supporting static compilation Android supports native development in C/C++ without the JVM. Its not particularly mainstream, but it has always been an option. https://developer.android.com/ndk
Executables, daemons, CLI, sockets, whatever you want. Rust no problem. I have even run Python and Node.js
You know what they say about assumptions
There are only two choices in mobile OS: Android vs iOS. Android is more open and at the core it is Linux. Yeah, I dislike JVM too. What I don't get is that even a simple app, e.g. FB Messenger (not the whole of FB) requires an 84MB download. What on earth lurks in that massive download when the actual app could probably fit into a couple kB?
Right, I'm saying for a VR devices, no a mobile phone. It makes perfect sense why android would be the choice for a mobile phone. I'm rather confused what you are replying to.
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Right, I'm saying for a VR devices, no a mobile phone. It makes perfect sense why android would be the choice for a mobile phone. I'm rather confused what you are replying to.
VR devices are basically mobile phones with better screens and more precise accelerometer/gyroscopes in them.
If anything they are similar to laptops, but overall they are their own device class.
If "similar to mobile phones" means "similar chips and batteries"... sure, but so are laptops build after 2020, besides that I don't quite understand the comparison.
There are only two choices in mobile OS: Android vs iOS. Android is more open and at the core it is Linux. Yeah, I dislike JVM too. What I don't get is that even a simple app, e.g. FB Messenger (not the whole of FB) requires an 84MB download. What on earth lurks in that massive download when the actual app could probably fit into a couple kB?
A lot of the apps these days are built either with React native or NDK. The former is for web like apps, the latter is for performant apps.
Google is far more privacy invasive than Apple, and Apple has an ecosystem that works fairly smoothly across devices. Yes, it infuriates me at times. But anything with the Google touch on it can be counted on to be spyware. I do find everything on the desktop to be vastly more efficient, powerful, feature-full and stable than mobile (stable as in text box cache like this not vanishing with an app switch ) so I expect…
> Committing to JVM usage instead of supporting static compilation Android supports native development in C/C++ without the JVM. Its not particularly mainstream, but it has always been an option. https://developer.android.com/ndk
You can do things like install Termux, and compile stuff to native code right on the phone.
Google is far more privacy invasive than Apple, and Apple has an ecosystem that works fairly smoothly across devices. Yes, it infuriates me at times. But anything with the Google touch on it can be counted on to be spyware. I do find everything on the desktop to be vastly more efficient, powerful, feature-full and stable than mobile (stable as in text box cache like this not vanishing with an app switch ) so I expect…
I can show you a wireshark dump from a rooted android phone that has been degoogled, versus a wireshark dump from an iPhone. Guess which one sends less traffic back home.
Please share (some).
And it's really an unfair comparison in that the android is white-hacked.
Linux Phone? Ready for prime time?