> It seems to me that there's no money in that.

It had sort of worked with Android, so there should be some.

> Maybe building a distro based on FreeBSD would work as you describe?

Is there anything wrong with macOS? ;) (I know, I know, it's not exactly BSD)

> Is there anything wrong with macOS

Yes. It has probably the worst UI of any desktop OS. The window management sucks, the global menu is stupid and annoying and the file management sucks. Trying to operate the OS with just a keyboard is absurdly difficult. They don't give you any options to work the way that you want, they only give you one option to work the way Apple wants. You're also severely limited in hardware choice. Just about everything is wrong with the Macintosh Operating System IMO.

It's very picky when it comes to hardware :D

Android... I dunno, the way Google makes money is mainly from apps on the Play Store? Is it even possible to replicate that on a desktop?

Hm. I guess you're right. Android was a bad example. Unless something new happens to desktops that would require a new OS (or significant changes to the existing OSes), Android's success cannot be repeated.

I wonder if people would be enticed by a Linux OS that runs Android apps seamlessly (and with complete functionality)... There's a lot of good apps for mobile that are better than desktop alternatives, though I wonder how it would work legally with Google's Play Store...