Post B5SXe25fOGCsNvf8Oe by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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 (DIR) Post #B5SXe1qQIw0tceWxdY by hi@romanzolotarev.com
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       healthy mobile app size is under 10mb, 10-100 mb in some cases may be reasonable, over 100 mb is just too much for any kind of app. why? not going to install that monstrosity
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe25fOGCsNvf8Oe by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @hiI love how the average "just a simple flashlight" app on Google Play is like 200 MiB and the average "This contains the entire knowledge of the universe, requires Android 4.0 or newer" app on F-Droid is like 20 KiB. XDFolks were telling me about GrayJay (client for YT and others), but it's like hecka hundred megabytes, and I'm thining, "WHY!??"
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe2QE9oeZPhHYRc by moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org
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       @rl_dane @hi portable computing nirvana is a virtual Android environment that boots straight into an F-Droid client
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe2dhLjQe5TaJRQ by moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org
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       @rl_dane @hi (the OS is kind of a resource hog, but the software ecosystem is solid)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe2lqrPx0UlOp9M by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @moses_izumi @moses_izumi @hiA virtual Android environment itself would be quite the resource hog, methink.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe2teOQBmsx33J2 by moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org
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       @rl_dane @hi :DWonder if the #postmarketos people have any guides for FOSS Android developers who wish to migrate to Linux, now that Google's going full policestate with their OS.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe34djYynR2BpR2 by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @moses_izumi @hiReminds me, I've got a Pixel 3a collecting dust puppies in my home office closet, I really need to flash it with #pmOS. ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe3KEnZSMDPUHkO by nowster@fedi.nowster.me.uk
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       @rl_dane@polymaths.social @moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org @hi@romanzolotarev.com My 3a was donated to brother-in-law and my 6a is with Dad. Next oldest is a Nexus 5x and probably too old for any of the current non-Googled Android builds.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SXe3Y3yAW0uHxKIS by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @nowster @moses_izumi @hiThe 3a is the best-supported phone for pmOS outside of the PinePhone (original, not Pro), if memory serves me.This goes back to my one infamous comment, "I'd rather deal with a heat-belching x86 phone with two minutes of battery life than an ARM-based laptop." 😂Hardware support on that architecture seems to be a real bugbear. I celebrate the accomplishments of teams like the Asahi guys, yet mourn that their heroic work essentially obfuscate the fact that "Apple Silicon" computers are absolute bricks without herculean reverse-engineering efforts.This is a sad state of affairs.