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[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago

We have already tons of apps for Linux.. And soo many "apps” are already just fancy websites in a container..

FirefoxOS for phones was such a great idea

I am so sad it did mot take off, was a great concept

[-] Mika@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Tonns of apps for linux are made with PC UX in mind and thus completely unusable on the phone.

[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

I disagree

I have a pinePhone pro, and I love using desktop UI Apps on it. But it is too slow and has too less battery for me to be usable

But I love high DPI on small screen without Zoom

I must confess, that I currently use an iPhone as daily driver, but to come back to the topic, I have a 12mini and my browser is set to 50% all the time.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Someone is trying to revive FirefoxOS: https://capyloon.org/

(and it kinda survives to this day as KaiOS on feature phones).

[-] benedikt@ruhr.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

@poVoq @Petter1 Rather someone was trying until 2023 looking at their repos.

[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll undust my pinePhone pro and flash it on it

🤔 maybe even worth filming it for peertube

[-] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know most apps are just webview2 these days, but since more and more companies are forcing their consumers to use apps by either gimping their websites outright or forcing users to use 2FA based on their own app, app support is vital for any mobile platform.

I speak from experience - I kept using my Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows Phone until the bitter end, which came when the government ID app stopped being supported on my device and I had to switch to keep being able to connect to the vast majority of services (Sweden's BankID system is both a blessing and a curse this way).

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