alt Hacker NewsPorting traditional Linux desktop distributions to Android devices is meaningless, all you get is more instability, more unsafe and more trouble. Waydroid is a bad implementation on security and compatibility, just running Android in VM is better.
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bornfreddy • today at 4:08 PM
There are other reasons for porting, like control over your own device.
hobojojo • today at 5:05 PM
Traditional Linux desktops support traditional browsers as do all banks, etc. The bug is letting the asshats make their own apps and force them on you through a store ecosystem which is basically a DRM deployment tool.
> Waydroid is a bad implementation on security and compatibility, just running Android in VM is better.
What security problems does waydroid have that a VM wouldn't?