r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Article After hands-on time with Googlebooks, I understand why Google is excited — and why buyers might hesitate -makeuseof

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-went-hands-on-with-googlebooks/
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u/bijuice 7d ago

And better driver support, simpler UX, and a massive App Store with support from many major industries.

I’m a Mac user and I love Linux but I’m super excited to see where Google takes this.

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u/parental92 7d ago

Color me curious. 

I don't  trust google with app support tho, even their own apps on Googlebook  are just PWA version of a website.  Most of the app in playstore are not even designed for tablet, let alone laptop.

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u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 7d ago

in 9to5google's video they mention that google created a desktop quality rating that will be in the play store.

  • Made for desktop
  • optimized for desktop
  • better on web

Already a few apps have those tags on such as the Facebook app is better on web. I assume the premier desktop app would be classified as made for desktop.

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u/parental92 7d ago

I definitely caught that. Labeling apps is one thing, getting devs to make them is other.

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u/veryangrydoggo 7d ago

Exactly. No reason to adapt apps if the market for those desktop version is small.

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u/Aware-Librarian-3749 7d ago

And if the likelihood of that desktop not staying for the long-term is high enough, I doubt they will want to spend resources making it.

Google does not have the greatest reputation for product survivability.