AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down15file-text
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Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·8 months agoMicrosoft’s really trying to steal Google’s thunder with that move.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s interesting that you should say that. Maybe they had to cancel it because they realized there were some legal implications and that the new antitrust enforcement environment would keep them from being able to really follow through with the WSA.
minus-squareM500@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·8 months agoThe amazon app store didn’t have a complete app store and it was a big workaround to get apps to run that are not on the amazon store. They halfbaked the release and killed it becuase of that.
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoMy exact reaction lol. These companies are so focused on the short term it’s ridiculous.
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Microsoft’s really trying to steal Google’s thunder with that move.
It’s interesting that you should say that. Maybe they had to cancel it because they realized there were some legal implications and that the new antitrust enforcement environment would keep them from being able to really follow through with the WSA.
The amazon app store didn’t have a complete app store and it was a big workaround to get apps to run that are not on the amazon store.
They halfbaked the release and killed it becuase of that.
My exact reaction lol. These companies are so focused on the short term it’s ridiculous.