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  • 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.
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[–] tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] cammelspit@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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.

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