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Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years by fsflover on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:39PM (#31138283)
> I think there is room for a third platform

And it already exists: GNU/Linux phones running desktop OSes, Librem 5 [0] and Pinephone [1].

[0] https://puri.sm/products/librem-5

[1] https://pine64.org/pinephone

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Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years by kaba0 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @07:06AM (#31142927)
I think there is absolutely no way we should consider it a third platform next to the other two giants. It is way too early to call it that when they struggle with even just being daily drivers for the most enthusiastic.
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Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years by bitwize on Saturday April 23, 2022 @06:58PM (#31139496)
Surely, 2022 will be the year of Linux on the palmtop!
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