Like it or not, but Whatsapp has become most commonly used messenger and it is pretty much impossible to make people change it to something else like telegram or whatever. Our company has whatsapp groups for every team and pretty much all info is being send through whatsapp.

So whatsapp is one app you pretty much have to use in todays world if you have friends or co-workers

There are also few other apps i need to use at work to make my life easier.

But android is just awful thing to use not to mention ios.

Having android apps on Touch is a good thing. Don't use them if you don't need em.

@Stefano said in Ubports installer not working with Meizu Pro 5:

sudo ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=turbo --channel=15.04/stable

FFS. That worked, no fastboot for the turboimg and then that command.

Thanks.

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@advocatux said in Android apps to run in UT?:

@RudiH, as I'm understanding it this conversation can be summarised in these terms: Is it UBports a free software project or are we willing to fill it with proprietary software?

My vote is for a free software project, needless to say.

How can it be bad thing if you have possibility to install Android apps? It's not like UT is going to come preinstalled with shitload of android apps.

You think wine is bad and should not exist, because you don't like to use any of the win software on Linux?

@advocatux said in Android apps to run in UT?:

@RudiH, fellow or follow?

Honest question: Ubuntu is free software, Ubuntu phone was an attempt to develop a free software phone, UBports is the continuation of that effort. Why do you think UBports has to put work in develop proprietary software chunks?

Ubuntu tried and "failed". Perhaps it wouldn't have been such disaster if some work to run Android apps were taken and people could have used some of the familiar apps they were accustomed to.

I wouldn't say it has to, but should. Boys from Sailfish did most of the work and shouldn't be too big of a task to implement it on UT?

I wonder what is KDE Plasma Mobiles take on this matter?

@advocatux said in Android apps to run in UT?:

@jamesp said in Android apps to run in UT?:

Internet browser hardly compares to this. Anyone can make browser and no problems with that, but when it comes to closed proprietary software people are using and software company has no interest to make app for UT so you have to do what you must like it was with wine.

It has everything to compare it to. Maybe you're too young to remember it, but everybody was grabbed by Internet Explorer and ActiveX.

No, it wasn't an easy task to convince people that another way to do things were possible. But they did it.

And yes, people thought they can't live without ActiveX the same way some people think there's no life outside some walled gardens.

No, i member well the rise of internet, and i used Netscape, IE and Opera and Firefox when they came around.

I never encountered ActiveX elsewhere except IP surveillance cameras and one ActiveX one was bought just last year. Don't remember anything else needing that.

Anyways there is shitload of great useful apps that we will never see UT native version and is pretty much impossible to remake or replace.