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Why aren't Linux based mobile OSes more popular?

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Why aren't Linux based mobile OSes more popular?

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Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days ago

Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, Tizen, Mobian, etc.

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Hardware support.

If I have to own a specific phone or line of phones, that I otherwise would never buy, I’m not going to get one just to run Linux on it.

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