Apple's convincing an entire generation of phone-buyers that Android is behind the times — which couldn't be much further from the truth.
    • nappingkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Meaning, we dont have extension in firefox. We get it.

      • launchers; icon packs, system ui changes
      • custom roms
      • android kitchen to make your own android
      • those root level apps
      • adb (wireless as well.)
      • linux windows interoperability
      • set your cpu and gpu governor
      • kde connect and other stuff which wants to work in backend can keep working
      • others… i dunno i am bored cannot think of more
      • ability to pirate apks
      • third party stores
      • easier to develop for

      But yeah mostly for nerds🤓

        • nappingkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          While i understand you are coming from, when i said its easy to develop for android i meanT that i can work in almost any os and the tooling will be available to develop. So its easier to start for most people.

          I.e. easier to develop without requiring specialized hardware

          Other than that, what you said is true. java is a VERBOSE language. Kotlin solves this a little