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Re:Amazon props Vega to replace Android-based Fire OS on fut... by doubled112 on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:24AM (#38219978)
> Note that FireOS doesn't run standard Android applications anyway

What do you mean by that?

I have a Fire Tab, and it has F-Droid and I've installed many apps from there with no extra steps.

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Re:Amazon props Vega to replace Android-based Fire OS on fut... by synergy20 on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:41AM (#38220212)
I have a Fire Tab and it's collecting dust, I'm fairly certain Vega won't be able to do F-Droid, which is a bold move.
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Re:Amazon props Vega to replace Android-based Fire OS on fut... by pjmlp on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:19PM (#38222430)
Because it doesn't run AOSP + Google special sauce on top.

I guess you were lucky in what APIs were being used, or the wrappers provided by Amazon.

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