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Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System by nkkollaw on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:17PM (#16461796)
The target market might not care or know what the OS is, but they'll want to use software they're used to: Google Maps, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Tinder, Skype, games, etc.

I'm just saying that whatever OS will be useless to a lot of people if it doesn't run what they want it to. One way to do that is to make it compatible with Android apps, which have already a version of virtually every major app.

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Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System by YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:34PM (#16461871)
Are you sure you know the target market you're speaking of? They're not coming from Android world, so they're probably used to exactly the kind of services these phones support.
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Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System by nkkollaw on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:38PM (#16461894)
No, not really. I'm just thinking about my mom--she doesn't know anything about phones or technology, but she'll ask right away if Whatsapp works.

Also, in my original comment I was speaking more in general rather than about KaiOS alone.

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