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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March 5, 2025. Until then, technical support will remain available to customers.

Customers that have installed the Amazon Appstore or Android apps prior to March 5, 2024, will continue to have access to those apps through the deprecation date of March 5, 2025. Please reach out to our support team for further questions at support.microsoft.com. We are grateful for the support of our developer community and remain committed to listening to feedback as we evolve experiences.

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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (learn.microsoft.com)

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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March 5, 2025. Until then, technical support will remain available to customers.

Customers that have installed the Amazon Appstore or Android apps prior to March 5, 2024, will continue to have access to those apps through the deprecation date of March 5, 2025. Please reach out to our support team for further questions at support.microsoft.com. We are grateful for the support of our developer community and remain committed to listening to feedback as we evolve experiences.

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Apple adds PQ3 quantum-resistant encryption to iMessage (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Google Keep testing 'Help me create a list' on Android (9to5google.com)

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iPhone RCS support might be due to new rules in China (9to5google.com)

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Google hides the Android File Transfer app for macOS (9to5google.com)

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LumaFusion update brings the Android app closer to iOS version (9to5google.com)

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Polestar Phone spotted on Google Play's list of supported devices (electrek.co)

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Google Translate redesigns Conversation mode with Material You (9to5google.com)

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Top 50 defederated instances by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 148 points 5 months ago

You're looking for this: https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/censured. Us instance admin can also endorse other instances.

Pebble Shuts Down...But Starts a Mastodon Instance? by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago

I hadn't heard of Pebble the Twitter competitor. It just makes me miss the Pebble watches.

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago

I honestly don't know how people can tolerate it.

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 49 points 7 months ago

unlock origin

I prefer uBlock Origin myself.

*Permanently Deleted* by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 53 points 7 months ago

North Korea

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power - The Guardian by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago

As a Canadian, I appreciate a lot of what the EU does when it comes to consumer protections. Hopefully this one also ends up impacting the rest of us!

Birds are cool. by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago

Relatable. Birds are suddenly really interesting in your 30s.

Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago

It's definitely sad, but not discriminatory. Organ transplant recipients generally need to take a lot of immunosuppressive medications. Getting fully vaccinated is a bare minimum for improving the likelihood of a successful transplant.

Infinity for Lemmy is now available on the Izzysoft F-Droid Repo by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago

I say keep them coming!

Is it just me or did Lemmy suddenly became more active now that Sync for Lemmy is released? by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 127 points 10 months ago

ljdawson's decision to develop a Lemmy app played a significant part in locking down our decision to bring /r/android to [email protected].

Sync for Lemmy is now available for everyone by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Although there was the option to purchase Pro as a one-time fee. This one unfortunately only has a subscription option (which I'm not too keen on).

Edit: ljdawson has confirmed there will be an one-time payment options for both Ultra and ad removal!

Reddit is taking control of large subreddits that are still protesting its API changes by ijeff in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago

It's worth noting that protests are a fundamental part of Reddit culture and a large part of how the site became successful in the first place (waves of activism and migration from Digg over several years).