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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by bunderbunder on Saturday September 19, 2026 @08:52AM (#49766181)
Network effects were also nowhere near as strong as they are now.

BSD is a killer example of that point, too. Using a BSD Unix got to be pretty difficult after Linux containers became hegemonic.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mh- on Saturday September 19, 2026 @09:59PM (#49771862)
It was a bit challenging long before that. I ran webhosting on FreeBSD in the early 2000s - remember finding a tool you needed and hoping it was in ports?
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