[to11mtm]

I'll be pedantic and cynical;

- Android isn't quite Linux

- A good number if not the majority of 'mobile games' are gachas/cow-clickers.

At least to me, it's a bit like lumping old folks who play at churches into a 'Gamblers that visit casinos once a week' metric.

[plq]

> Android isn't quite Linux

If we're being pedantic, let me be clear that Android is Linux. It just doesn't use the traditional userland, mostly implemented by GNU. So it's Linux but not GNU/Linux.

[stevefan1999]

Ah this reckons me of this copypasta:

> Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

[charcircuit]

If we're being pedantic the traditional userland isn't mostly implenented by GNU. systemd, X.org, pulseaudio, gnome, KDE, qt, gtk, etc are not GNU.

[dustypotato]

This comment led me to discover that GNOME is no longer part of the GNU project

[whatshisface]

Or KDE/Linux. :)

[smegsicle]

if we're being correct and practical, let me be clear that 'linux' is gnu/linux, so android uses linux kernel, but is not 'linux'

also, 'gaming' (union of pc and console) and 'mobile gaming' are significantly different demographics

[Shorel]

No sir. You can't win both sides of the argument whenever it's more convenient for you.

If you are going to write GNU/Linux, be consistent with its usage.

Linux is the kernel. My OS is Ubuntu, not just Linux. Android is also Linux.

[jokethrowaway]

Linux is NOT GNU/Linux

Gnu = coreutils + POSIX + gcc + others;

Linux = the kernel

[deafpolygon]

Accurate, but in general terms... Linux desktop = GNU/Linux.

[genocidicbunny]

> At least to me, it's a bit like lumping old folks who play at churches into a 'Gamblers that visit casinos once a week' metric.

Slight aside, but in the past I've worked at some of those bingo halls that drew the sunday after-church old folks crowd. They were some of the most hardcore gamblers I have ever seen. Gods dandelions these ladies weren't.

[josephg]

Yep. And the same is true of mobile gamers. I’m not sure about the stats, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of hours spent playing crappy mobile games is greater than the number of hours spent playing PC games. Mobile games don’t always look like pc games, but they sure are a giant market.

[ho_schi]

To follow common sense:

There is GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd and Google/Linux.

If not indicated otherwise Linux is refers to GNU/Linux. Like America refers to the United States of America. Android refers to an incompatible custom userland by Google (anti GPL, closed-source PlayServices) and a usually heavily patched Linux-Kernel with many closed-source modules. Looking at Android 13 it is using an old 4.x Linux-Kernel as base.

Probably neither Google nor the FSF like that usage of terms?

That being said. I’m playing with Linux :)

[Shorel]

There's no GNU/Hurd.

That's vaporware, never used by anyone for anything useful.

[ho_schi]

Haha ;)