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Ah I definitely should have qualified my statements -- I was thinking more fridges/microwaves/things with screens. Most of the benefit is that they don't have t
by hardwaresofton 11y ago
Ah I definitely should have qualified my statements -- I was thinking more fridges/microwaves/things with screens. Most of the benefit is that they don't have to try and build some frankenstein of a view layer if you go with FFOS.
FFOS is definitely just about useless for IoT applications if it doesn't have a screen -- I completely agree with your point, it's just a fork of AOSP at that point.
- chris_wot 11y agoIf you think that Firefox will win by powering fridges, microwaves and toasters, then I'm not entirely sure how to respond.
- elioqoshi 11y agoThat's one way to frame it! :D
- hardwaresofton 11y agoWell define "win"? I'm not suggesting that FFOS will immediately take the IoT world by storm, but I'm saying it's decent option (for reasons that are unique to FFOS). If mozilla can get to manufacturers and IoT companies fast enough, and integration is easy enough, it might catch on.
- chris_wot 11y agoYour second sentence just directly contradicted your first.
- hardwaresofton 11y agoCatching on != taking a sector by storm. Let me make it simpler: While it is unlikely that every vendor will instantly switch to FirefoxOS for IoT devices, it is likely that more than zero will find it useful.