15 years of the Android Market: The app that changed the game - eviltoast
15 years since the first Android Market: The app that changed the game
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It's been 15 years since Google launched the Android Market, the precursor to the Play Store. We look back at 15 years of apps and change.
  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There was a Russian company that I bought many themes from for my HTC. They were really nice. I just can’t remember the name anymore.

    Probably 4pda.ru?

    But yeah, WinMo was awesome back then. I still miss some of it’s features and customisability - no read-only system partition, no SafetyNet crap, physical buttons which could be remapped to anything (AE Button Plus), writing proper scripts using MortScript, modify whichever file you like without any issues. I still remember using this nice Windows XP theme on my HTC Tytn, with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard it really felt like I was using a mini PC.

    It’s so sad that Android has become so closed now in spite of being technically opensource.

    • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think it was called SBP Soft I think. But I can’t find it even in the wayback machine

      Yes I wish Google would let Android be open properly.