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xiii@lemmy.world 23 hours agoI made a full comment in this thread. The bottomline is
- Sandboxing of resources both hardware (gyroscope, network devices) and data (photos, music) takes a lot of trial and error.
- There is a need for an ecosystem: i.e. apps sould be able to create calendar events, or access shared mediaplayer — also with permissions
- Developers need to adapt to the software ecosystem
- Hardware companies e.g. smart watch, projectors, TV need to adapt
It all takes years.
Linux phones are around for enthusiasts since Nokia N900 (which was/is a masterpiece) — yet nothing is remotely close to a mainstream phone.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
When I hear ‘mainstream phone’, in my mind I picture an iPhone or a Samsung. So yeah, Linux phones are definitely not achieving that this decade. Though personally I don’t think they necessarily need to, at all.
Point 4 is probably not happening any time soon, if ever, either. Rest is slowly being done and progressing, so I’m not seeing any major problems there.
I don’t think anyone realistically expects a Linux phone to compete with an iPhone in terms of ease of use, quality of life features or UI/UX. As far as I’ve seen, people just want a decent phone with basic functionalities like long battery life, good camera, easy to use and smooth UI, maps and navigation. All while being more private and secure, of course.
xiii@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Mainstream phone as in “I don’t need to debug it via terminal”
The issue I’m pointing at: safe, long battery life, snappy maps while driving is what took AOSP more than 5 years.
It would be very unfortunate to discard all that work and start from scratch.