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2015-11-24 , 14:44
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#196
Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
This might sound a bit heretic, but what if you could stuff your UX experience (reusing a bit of middleware, but not all the privacy invading **** and on no UX) on top of any Android hardware out there with less than 1 day worth of porting effort?
Well, actually, this sounds along the lines of what I was suggesting way back at the beginning of this thread, but it seemed like you weren't so interested in targeting existing hardware for your new concept.

.. Except it would require not using a Mer-based (or for that matter any GNU/Linux) OS and leaving your favourite technologies behind, for the easier spreading.

That'd be a lot easier, wouldn't it?
Hmm. Dunno. If I want a mobile experience different than what I've got on my desktop right now, and I want to be able to run it on any Android device, I've already got a solution for that: I use Android.

Just what are you going to give me that is better than Android? If your new OS only runs on Android machines, and can only run apps that are built for your OS, you're going to have a heck of a time getting people to adopt it. Even if you could run Android apps under your new OS, what's the point if Android is already available on the target platform?

At the very least, you'll need some sort of hook, like the Solu guys have. (A Solu OS that can run on Android hardware might have a chance...)