AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1422arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comAnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoThe Amazon app store is the most mature app store outside of Google Play. It’s not just as simple as converting the Windows store to Android because of course they would need to develop an Android version of every app in the windows store.
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoI meant just allowing people to publish APKs to the windows store, not converting every app. Although WSA let you sideload apps anyway so I’m thinking maybe Microsoft just didn’t see any big profit potential which is why they’re shutting down.
The Amazon app store is the most mature app store outside of Google Play. It’s not just as simple as converting the Windows store to Android because of course they would need to develop an Android version of every app in the windows store.
I meant just allowing people to publish APKs to the windows store, not converting every app.
Although WSA let you sideload apps anyway so I’m thinking maybe Microsoft just didn’t see any big profit potential which is why they’re shutting down.