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Wasn't FirefoxOS (the defunct phone one, now there's the KaiOS fork) sort of like that? I believe Gonk took some parts from Android, but haven't dug into it. G

by mook 6y ago

Wasn't FirefoxOS (the defunct phone one, now there's the KaiOS fork) sort of like that? I believe Gonk took some parts from Android, but haven't dug into it. Given that example, not sure how feasible the app ecosystem is.

josteink 6y ago
FirefoxOS tried to ride on an Android-base to help solve device-support and being able to focus on the user-facing aspects of the platform. As a result they were stuck with a combination of the terrible Android-build system and the complex Firefox build-system. That alone probably wasn't the reason it failed, but it certainly didn't help people who wanted to contribute (like me).