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They did, back in 2012ish. It was called FirefoxOS, and it wasn't well recieved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_
by gkoberger 3y ago
They did, back in 2012ish. It was called FirefoxOS, and it wasn't well recieved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS
- wmf 3y agoIMO FirefoxOS wasn't well received partly because it wasn't Android-based. Ultimately I wouldn't try to do a mobile OS without ~$10B in marketing/ecosystem funding.
- richdougherty 3y agoAgreed, it needs to be Android based - the other option would be to implement iOS APIs, but Android would be a lot easier. An analogy would be if you make a browser, to use standard HTML and HTTP, not try to invent your own thing.
- botanical 3y agoIts fork, KaiOS, is widely successful (but Proprietary). They should have stuck with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS