← Back to context Comment by kak3a 1 year ago Who will be buying these? Developers? 4 comments kak3a Reply vngzs 1 year ago It's a Linux phone that runs Android apps, so they ostensibly don't have the problem of building the ecosystem. freedomben 1 year ago Importantly though, it won't have Google Play and the increasingly mandatory GMS, so a lot of Android apps won't work properly.Definitely cool though and worthy of some attention. GranPC 1 year ago We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS. 1 reply →
vngzs 1 year ago It's a Linux phone that runs Android apps, so they ostensibly don't have the problem of building the ecosystem. freedomben 1 year ago Importantly though, it won't have Google Play and the increasingly mandatory GMS, so a lot of Android apps won't work properly.Definitely cool though and worthy of some attention. GranPC 1 year ago We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS. 1 reply →
freedomben 1 year ago Importantly though, it won't have Google Play and the increasingly mandatory GMS, so a lot of Android apps won't work properly.Definitely cool though and worthy of some attention. GranPC 1 year ago We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS. 1 reply →
GranPC 1 year ago We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS. 1 reply →
It's a Linux phone that runs Android apps, so they ostensibly don't have the problem of building the ecosystem.
Importantly though, it won't have Google Play and the increasingly mandatory GMS, so a lot of Android apps won't work properly.
Definitely cool though and worthy of some attention.
We do however ship with microG. I have heard of people using Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Signal, etc. So Android app support isn't that bad despite no GMS.
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