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Re:How Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app... by sgc on Friday October 21, 2022 @12:05AM (#33284383)
It would be fair if one were to conclude that I don't like iOS. But my comment made a few different points, including about google's app quality, not only forcing default apps but also disallowing user choice where it should exist in a pervasive, hard to see way (for the end user), and invasive tracking.

Frankly, over the last week I have been looking into whether there is a relatively straightforward way to write an app for a mobile linux, because I am at the point I am willing to get rid of several common apps, such as banking apps, to get off this nauseating hamster wheel.

Re:How Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app... by fragmede on Friday October 21, 2022 @03:16PM (#33291971)
We have the technology for virtual machines, and phones are pretty beefy these days. where's my Linux phone hypervisor with android guest?
Re:How Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app... by sgc on Friday October 21, 2022 @06:24PM (#33293628)
There is Anbox, which just uses the same kernel for Linux and Android. But it is incomplete and not very active. Basically, we don't even need a hypervisor, but apparently it's still not easy.

https://github.com/anbox/anbox

Re:How Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app... by aruggirello on Saturday October 22, 2022 @12:48PM (#33299902)
Did you know about Waydroid? It's still at a relatively early stage, but it rocks!

https://waydro.id/