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Tangentially related but I've seen twitter links that used to be on the wayback machine disappear from it at some point, presumably due to personal request from the owner.

True, almost everyone was actually using jailbroken versions of it since the official one was too limited, I guess Microsoft didn't like that.

Anything that requires first-party opt-in is bad.

With WSA, you could take any old APK file you pick up off the road and install it on your desktop.

With GPG, they decide what you can and cannot play.

> Without Play Store it's not viable/interesting.

Just install a version of WSA that has the Play Store. Take Magisk along the way too because why not.

It's not perplexing, it's pure business. "Mobile-first" has been the dogma for a decade already for a reason. dO yOu GuYs NoT hAvE pHoNeS?

> especially since I can't think of anything from my phone that I would truly like on my desktop Games. There are a ton of games that are mobile-exclusive for absolutely no reason other than reducing developer workload by staying confined to one platform, and work great on emulators.