People use the official Reddit app voluntarily?

No Lemmy 1.0 preparation commits, though.

More fully features but only available as an extension (no user script): https://github.com/cptpiepmatz/great-on-deck-search

Pulls from various sources, not just ProtonDB.

Apple just makes it a pain in the butt.

And on Android it’s way easier, so claims that Android is becoming like iOS is baseless propaganda.

Android has been getting worse and worse every iteration.

Android added seamless background updates from 3rd party sources a while back. That’s an objective improvement.

Are you asking me to wait until it is an identical clone of iOS?

I don’t ask anything of you. If you are such a big Apple fan, just get an iPhone and stop complaining.

I’m unsure what the author of the article is advocating, since the “raw deal” appears to be geared towards making the Android environment more secure.

“These tighter security measures protect average users from malicious apps but risk alienating power users, amateur developers, modders, and enthusiasts who depend on Android’s flexibility.”

The author acknowledges this in literally the second sentence.

If Google is going to turn Android into iPhone,

It’s not. The change is definitively for the worse but still a far cry from Apple where you cannot just download an app off the internet and install it which you can even on Android 15, the permission management is just worse in such a case.

Also, surely community ROMs will probably change this.

why tf I shouldn’t get an iPhone itself?

Why TF would it be a benefit over Android? Still worse compatibility, still more expensive, still no innovation.

And in a week at CES Asus will likely launch a new model with official SteamOS.

Next year, play on a generic desktop Linux distribution as well as Steam Deck. They’ll show up as distinct platforms:

Linux and Steam Deck are different platforms by Valve stats.

So it will finally be able to do what “OK Google” should have been able to do from the beginning?

It is ridiculous that many companies are still providing security patches every 3 months for maximum 2-3 years.

The expected change is about how long the actual updating process takes, not for how long updates will be provided. The article is not that long. You could have read it.

Them switching to PowerVR GPU is also interesting. Not sure if itis related to Qualcomm-ARM lawsuit.

They used Mali graphics previously.

Do they mean running of the host system libraries rather than Valve’s runtimes?

AFAIK yes

nvidia gpu) but did not succeed

Hardly surprising.

I think it’s more targeted at tablets than phones.

Samsung ships a traditional desktop environment on their phones and tablets since years. Phones need to be pluggeg into a USB-C dock, tablets need a type cover. Others followed them with similar environments. Surely this is not meant for touch-only use.

Terminal applications only?

As a first step definitively, simply because such a feature needs to start somewhere and text mode is easier than writing a wrapper for graphics systems.

Or does that make me able to run LibreOffice, Kdenlive and whatever I like?

I’m thinking that this is the end goal. Google struggles to get desktop-like apps onto Android tablets. Many people use iPads as primary work computer these days. My employer is switching to them and we’re late to the party.

An audacious step for Google would be to distribute Flatpaks in the Play Store. That’s very unlikely but it’s technically a possibility.

Also, Steam integrating an x86 emulator for ARM devices makes even more sense now. I thought it’s mainly for ARM Chromebooks but Android tablets getting an “Install Steam” button and becoming more compatible to games than Windows on ARM would be so bonkers.

Original source instead of blogspam: https://www.zoom-platform.com/news/playing-your-zoom-platform-windows-games-on-linux-is-now-simplified

This article gives instructions how to replace your Firefox SNAP package with a DEB package instead. Isn’t that what people want?

Not in a gaming community because your post isn’t gaming content.