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It took android years and billions of dollars to get to the state it is at. Flatpaks and portals are moving towards that direction (according to my non expert
by Iolaum 5y ago
It took android years and billions of dollars to get to the state it is at.
Flatpaks and portals are moving towards that direction (according to my non expert opinion).
All this friction and complaints, is just normal for such a big transition in how desktop apps should be written. I remember android devs going up in arms when there were significant API changes in past android versions. The situation for linux looks similar to me (aside from the fact the ecosystem doesn't have money to throw at the problem).
- zdragnar 5y agoThe annoying thing with android is that- even in the J2ME days, blackberry had a more sophisticated, fine grained per-app permission system that was easy to find and adjust at any time. Android and iOS have been playing catchup ever since... Linux I at least will cut some slack, given its age and origins, though it would really have been nice had they addressed security by now. The situation can only get worse, but sooner or later something will happen that will encourage breaking backwards compatibility, I hope. All that said, I praise the sun every day that I'm not writing BB apps or j2me anymore, so there's that at least.