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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by krackers on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:19AM (#18635913)
>Windows Phone

In a similar vein, Palm webOS. I still maintain that it was several years ahead of its time with the whole "mobile apps using javascript" Enyo framework.

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by LMMojo on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:07PM (#18636185)
If love to have PalmOS (pre-WebOS), still superior to Android or iOS in many ways.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by tgtweak on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:38PM (#18636363)
Didn't it live on as webos (now in many smart TVs and printers)?
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by joshmn on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:45PM (#18636398)
I believe LG Smart TVs are webOS based.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by fyfy18 on Saturday December 08, 2018 @04:19PM (#18637599)
Under the hood it's webOS, but obviously a custom UI for a TV. I have a 2017 LG with it and it works rather well, no issues with 4K HDR on Netflix and YouTube, and other than booting, it reacts instantly as a TV should. It's a shame there are limited apps for it though - I'd really like apps for Steam Link and Kodi.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by krackers on Saturday December 08, 2018 @05:28PM (#18637903)
I think webOS has been open sourced and there used to be some effort [1] to port it to devices starting with the nexus 4/5. Seems the effort is still decently active with a release just last week[2]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuneOS

[2]: https://pivotce.com/2018/11/28/luneos-november-stable-releas...

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by akvadrako on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:01PM (#18638261)
I think he means PalmOS, which has nothing to do with web or webos.
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