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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by amelius on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:15AM (#15720717)
Yes, the only direction seems to be that of closed systems. Smartphones will probably never be as open as desktop systems once were.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by fosco on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:28PM (#15724612)
I have overwhelmingly big hopes for postmarketOS [0] and Debian Mobile [1]

[0] https://postmarketos.org/

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by amelius on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:20PM (#15726058)
Do they run Android apps? I'm asking because for banking, I really need to run such app.
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