• 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.
  • @pycoraxEnglish
    59•11 months ago

    Man what in the world are they doing.

    • TWeaKEnglish
      54•11 months ago

      Windows Subsystem for Android hasn’t been as nearly as popular as Windows Subsystem for Linux itself and its scope was limited given the focus on the Amazon Appstore for obtaining Android apps.

      Sounds like no one was using it.

      • goferking (he/him)English
        46•11 months ago

        To the surprise of no one when it was limited by needing to use the Amazon App store

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumbleEnglish
          12•11 months ago

          You could side load apps at least.

          But I don’t think the type of person who wants to use this feature also would want the Amazon app store installed on their device.

          • TWeaKEnglish
            2•11 months ago

            Also, don’t google offer some functionality for testing Android apps in Windows?

            • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumbleEnglish
              3•11 months ago

              Android studio has that.

              But android studio sucks. Also it’s just a KVM VM so you can just make your own and save the like 20 gigs of bloat.

        • @IHawkMikeEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          Exactly. I decided to check it out a couple weeks ago and needing to install the Amazon app store was an instant nope.

          Was going to look into side-loading but I didn’t really have a use case to make it worth my time.

    • BoozillaEnglish
      22•11 months ago

      Microsoft is working hard at sucking, from what I’ve seen the past few years.

    • @EpicFailGuyEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      They’re probably doubling their efforts on native ARM apps