• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
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    19 hours ago

    I actually just discovered Waydroid this past weekend and it’s been a godsend. I don’t play any android games though, just use it for utility stuff that refuses to run on my physical phone.

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      19 hours ago

      I’m super curious to what tools you would use? Other than games off course, I wanted to find a reason to finally get around and install Waydroid. But I just don’t find a reason to, please help. :D

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        13 hours ago

        Proprietary OTP / RFA auth apps that won’t run on my phone’s Android version (Work stuff).
        Hue smart lighting bullshit that won’t run on my phone’s Android version.

        That’s it so far. But it’s been a lot nicer than Android Studio’s emulator breaking every time my Arch install falls more than a week out of date.

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        17 hours ago

        Other uses would be banking apps and store apps (discounts).

        Also it is a way to play games that have issues in Wine and have mobile version.

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          17 hours ago

          I would assume something like Fortnite, PUBG and Call of Duty games as an example. I’m curious to use cases outside of (obvious) games. Is there any situation that is not possible to do on a Linux desktop, that requires to use Android or iOS app? Like banking, is there any bank that only offers a mobile app and nothing else? That’s the issue I have right now, finding a real use case where I have to use it (obviously there is none for me personally, so finding it wouldn’t make it a requirement for me).

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            14 hours ago

            I can tell you that at least for the Trade Republic bank you need the app to authenticate a browser session (what a shitshow)

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        19 hours ago

        I used it once to install Pandora, so I could have a bigger selection of latin jazz when I was playing Tropico. It worked pretty well!