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always workarounds for technical ppl, itd be completely different if it was built into android tho and came with an update to existing phones
What are the gaps in functionality for nontechnical people? And “apps that exist on Linux but not Android” doesn’t count, because such people are unlikely to have ever even used a Linux desktop in the first place. The improvement that matters won’t be Linux apps; it’ll be Android apps that are more usable in desktop mode.
That said, what are the issues with the apps that are currently available?
If a user installed Chrome, an office suite (whether that be Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, the Microsoft equivalent, or something else), an email client, and other commonly available apps, what tasks would they be unable to complete, if any?
Are these, or other commonly used apps, substantially less usable than on desktop? If so, how so?
blender, dj software like mixx, davinci resolve, video editors, kdenlive, etc. full desktop versions of apps sht on mobile versions still
There are mobile versions for all of those?
Even when they make it over they never get anywhere near the same amount of features because they either plan for mobile/tablet screens and use, or use a different codebase and need to be redeveloped entirely, end up being a different app, somtimes different devs
They arent good and severely lacking features? They are remade versions, and all of those definitely isnt true
But do nontechnical users care about the “missing” features? A lot of nontechnical users prefer simpler apps.
There is a version of Blender that was made for Android. It’s quite old, though. But if you’re competent enough with Blender that you’ve memorized all its keyboard shortcuts and workflows, you’re likely technical enough to get it working via Termux. But if not, Nomad Sculpt (on both iOS and Android), SpaceDraw (Android only), and several other apps can serve the same purposes.
Not sure why you listed video editing software and two different specific video editors, but Android and iOS both have Lumafusion. I’m sure there are other decent editors but I haven’t used them because Lumafusion is great. iPads do have DaVinci Resolve, though, for what that’s worth. If you care about using a FOSS video editor then you should care enough to install it via Termux. But let’s be real, most nontechnical users are probably happy using CapCut.
DJ software - Cross DJ is free. There are other alternatives. And there are web based DJ software apps like YouDJ.