Without the only app store that matters, this was dead on day 1 for me.
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2024
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One of the main reasons I made the switch from 10 to 11 and I used it constantly. I have several services that simply don't work right from the web interface because of the drm BS. Being able to use the android apps worked great even if side loading an alternative store was a little bit of a pain on initial setup.
I am even more glad I recently made the switch to a 100% Linux environment at home. I have a simple waydroid install and it works much easier and is equally integrated into the desktop experience when compared to WSA. Only hassle is making sure you have a Wayland compositor since it won't work with x11 but that's just confirming a configuration essentially so par for the course really.
Regardless, this would be very disappointing if I hadn't already had an alternative.
I hate this. I like wsa and it was one of the main reasons I went to w11. Well.. whatever, we can't have nice things I guess
Both expected and unexpected. WSA was a major feature announcement when it was originally released, and M$ isn’t normally like Google when it comes to dropping projects.
Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Family Room, Zune, Expression. When products don't create enough revenue they get axed.
That's not always true.
There are a few reasons as to why one would keep low/no profit or even completely unprofitable projects going.
It's all tied to their value proposition. For example, if you can sustain a no profit project, it will bring you new customers despite creating no revenue. A glaring example of high-value yet unprofitable product would be Twitch, all because it brings in data.
While absolutely true, Google has a reputation and history of killing off huge swaths of projects widely adopted by end users, even if they were theoretically profitable.
Talk about a "oh no, anyway" moment. I used the feature for about two days, saw no benefit from it, and completely forgot it was even there.
Whelp, even less reason to upgrade to Windows 11 when Windows 10 is retired. Microsoft doing its best to convince me to switch to Linux full-time.
Dang, I'm really disappointed by this. It's the reason I decided to go with a Surface Pro X over a Galaxy Tab when I was looking to buy a tablet.
I almost panicked and thought it was WSL until I got to the Android part. Never knew it was a thing. Still sucks for developers who depended on it.
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