• plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    7 months ago

    This topic is about mobile devices, not desktop. Last I checked, Windows and Linux aren’t mobile OS’s.

    • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      171·
      7 months ago

      Android is LTS kernel + Google patches. I know it’s not the flavor of Linux you are talking about, but most of my apps are side loaded via F-Droid and a few from Aurora as a Play store proxy on a de-Googled ROM (GrapheneOS). There is no walled garden here.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 months ago

        The most relevant part to this discussion is that Android doesn’t restrict Web browsers. On Apple, all Web browsers, even Firefox, are nothing but reskins of Safari.

        So their restrictions on Web apps affects all Web browsers on IOS because they only allow their own html engine.

        It’s absolutely insane how far we have fallen from the 90’s. Back then MS got in trouble just for including a browser with the OS. Now Apple has the majority market share in the US and is allowed to not only to bundle their own browser, but doesn’t allow any other browser other than their own.