alt Hacker NewsUntil these OS also start putting forward something like WebOS that tried to get phones back to on open web, there is no breaking the binary format and Appstore monopoly.
I wish Europe would have forced that 10 years ago since the US is beyond saving.
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SahAssar • yesterday at 6:31 PM
Was WebOS really that much about openness? Are you not thinking of FirefoxOS/B2G?
gf000 • yesterday at 2:25 PM
What binary format?? Go read facebook's "source code", is that any more open than a random apk? If anything, apks decompile quite well.
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There's a huge open source app ecosystem for Android and it has the best support of any major platform for well integrated web applications. There are a bunch of alternatives for getting apps including getting them directly from the developers which has been automated without needing an app store. The linked post talks about using Obtainium for getting apps more directly from developers when possible.