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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mitxela on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:52PM (#49762252)
Windows only isn't still 90% market share because of Wine, then Proton.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by pjmlp on Friday September 18, 2026 @11:39PM (#49763088)
More like thanks to Apple, in what concerns desktop computing.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by ocdtrekkie on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:24PM (#49762427)
Neither Wine nor Proton run on Windows. Building Android emulators for Linux: Worth your time. Building Android knockoffs which claim to remove the Google from Google's operating system? Foolishness.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mitxela on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:33PM (#49762748)
Reimplementing Windows was a huge task. If the windows source code was available, why wouldn't you begin with a copy-paste?
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by xmprt on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:45PM (#49762515)
Valve is working on supporting apks for their new VR operating system. If this goes anything like Proton then I'm hopeful for the future of Android without Google.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by pjmlp on Friday September 18, 2026 @11:40PM (#49763094)
Gamedevs would still target Android, just like they target Windows, letting Valve run after them.

Android is even more of tragedy, given how all relevant NDK game development APIs are also available on GNU/Linux.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mitxela on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:30PM (#49762447)
ReactOS was also a good idea.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by wwiinn on Saturday September 19, 2026 @09:37AM (#49766508)
A lot of react os helped wine/proton. It’s still was a good idea.
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