Why developing for Android kinda sucks

Just stumbled across this glimpse into the realities of developing for Android: Our Android App is Frozen in Carbonite. (They’re still developing iA Writer for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows...) Reminds me of my Why not Android post from ... 10 years ago (!?). 12,000 different devices. Too big to fail company arbitrarily and capriciously changing the playing field (which, tbf, Apple can do too, sigh). I’d love to see a real, viable, Linux tablet OS with a strong, consistent UX. AFAIK, we’re not there yet, though there are efforts underway.

Tower of Babel

 

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