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Presumably to counter this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/
by hfkwer 3y ago
Presumably to counter this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/
- flashback2199 3y agoThe Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.
- MikusR 3y agoIt's a Windows Subsystem for running Android apps.
- shlubbert 3y agoWe know, but "<thing> for <platform>" usually implies that <thing> runs on <platform>, not the other way around.
- dandellion 3y agoYes, and if they had called it that it would have been less confusing.
- colonwqbang 3y agoI hope they rename everything to follow the same scheme just to dial up the confusion. Office for Mac -> Mac for Office
- eugenekolo 3y ago[BROUGHT TO YOU BY WINDOWS] Subsystem for X.
- neodymiumphish 3y agoI recall this being due to issues with using a product name like Android as the first word in a product name. I may be mistaken though.
- TazeTSchnitzel 3y agoIt's a trademark thing. “Android Subsystem for Windows” would imply it's an Android product.
- drekipus 3y agoCould* imply that. I think it would make more sense if they called it: * Windows Android subsystem * Windows Linux subsystem Etc
- gdprrrr 3y agoIts supposed to be read Windows (Subsystem for Linux) And not (Windows subsystem) for Linux
- flashback2199 3y agoOh I'm aware, but that is simply not how English works, and even if it were, it still breaks the decades long industry naming convention of "for <platform>" meaning "runs on <platform>".
- hfkwer 3y agoDo you think the Firefox plugin for 1password (random example) is a plugin that runs inside 1password and allows you to use Firefox? Does the Linux driver for ext4 allow you to use a Linux kernel from within the driver, or the other way around? WSA is a "Windows subsystem" that allows you to run Android. That's it. But leave it to HN to always have someone make the exact same comment whenever WSL or WSA is mentioned.
- flashback2199 3y agoThe extension appears to be called "1Password for Firefox"...
- PhasmaFelis 3y ago> the Firefox plugin for 1password No one calls it that. That's the point. It's the 1Password plugin for Firefox.
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- wffurr 3y agoWhy would it need countering? So long as the apps are available on the platform, that helps Google’s reach with the play store. Another comment mentioned that WSA is quite technical to set up, and this is a simpler alternative.
- shlubbert 3y agoWSA uses the Amazon app store by default, not Google's.
- staticman2 3y agoGoogle announced this after Windows Subsystem for Android was announced, so I do think they feel they need to compete with it.