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by mentos 37 days ago
What would a mobile OS look like if the browser became the operating system and apps were sandboxed WASM instead of native APKs?
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icapybara 37 days ago
I guess what would be the advantage? You move up another layer of software. Is it any different from the OS?
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drzaiusx11 37 days ago
Maybe someone could revive FirefoxOS
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lproven 34 days ago
News just in.

It happened in 2017.

https://www.kaiostech.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS

2017 is also the year ChromeBooks first outsold Macs (by value, not units). 2017 was the Year of Linux on the Desktop, and the penguin taleban didn't even notice.

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R_Spaghetti 37 days ago
this is what we need
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skeeter2020 37 days ago
Palm webOS has entered the chat!
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lproven 34 days ago
Still maintained, still sold.

https://www.lg.com/us/webos

Could be revived if anyone could be bothered.

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