Should KDE provide apps for Horizon OS?

Loren Burkholder computersemiexpert at outlook.com
Fri Oct 25 15:09:13 BST 2024


In the world of VR, Meta is currently the dominant force, given its headsets are both capable and affordable. Since their Horizon OS is built on top of Android, it is capable of running normal Android apps as flat windows. However, due to Big Tech Politics™, Google has refused to make the Play Store available on Horizon OS, instead reserving it for their own upcoming Android XR. The good news is that Meta recently opened their app store to not require any sort of subjective content review[0], so any Android app can theoretically be added to the Horizon store. I've sideloaded KDE Connect to my own Quest and found it to be useful, especially for file transfer. What is the community opinion on uploading KDE Connect to the Horizon store?

Cheers,
Loren Burkholder

[0]: https://www.uploadvr.com/quest-app-lab-merged-into-meta-horizon-store/


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