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Re: Windows Subsystem for Android

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On 01/10/2024 01:18, Andrew wrote:
> Thanks for explaining why you like WSA, which I can't disagree with, other
> than to say emulation and mirroring are DIFFERENT but can result in the
> same outcome - which is an Android app runs or displays on a Windows PC.

I know this, but I didn't want to insult you by asking why on earth you 
brought up mirroring at all.


> They're all different though, as emulation, for example, takes advantage of
> the PC's CPU while mirroring only interacts with the real phone's CPU.
> 
> As for the Google Play Store, I load more software from the Google Play
> Store repository than most people do (as I test software every day), and I
> have long ago deleted the Google Play Store from my unrooted Android phone.
> 
> There's never a need for the Google Play Store since you can get the exact
> apps from the exact repository (it's not separate - it _is_ the Google Play
> Store Repository!) for free using open source Google Play Store clients.
> 
> I need to stress that it's _is_ the Google Play Store repository where
> you're getting the apps as the only thing that changes is the client.
> 
> Much like if you took your browser to a photo web site to get photos, and
> if you changed your browser from Chrome to Firefox, you'd still get the
> exact same photos from the photo repository. Nothing changed but the
> client.
> 
> Same thing here.
> 
> I'm not talking about APK repositories either as I'm talking about the
> exact Google Play Store repository - so the app APKs are exactly those.
> 
> There *never* is a need for the Google Play Store app on Android.
> People who use it either don't care about privacy or don't know about it.

These clients can process payments too? Or do you steal your paid apps?


> Most people don't know any of this stuff, so it's hard to teach in text.
> My suggestion is you ask for advice on the Android newsgroup also.

So these fake Google Play Stores are on the Amazon web store? Seems 
unlikely.

It is possible to side-load in WSA but it's not as simple as it should be.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-09-29 00:24 +0100
  Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-29 23:21 +0000
    Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-10-01 00:08 +0100
      Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-10-01 00:18 +0000
        Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-10-02 00:25 +0100
          Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-10-02 01:25 +0000
            Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-10-02 01:38 +0000
            Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-10-03 13:45 +0100
              Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-10-03 20:30 +0000
                Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-10-03 21:49 +0100
                Re: Windows Subsystem for Android Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-10-03 22:00 +0100

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