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		Kwpolska on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsys... WSL is an important developer tool, with a lot of (paying corporate) users. WSA was a limited toy.

alkonaut on March 5, 2024 [–]

WSA is apparently also a godsend for android app developers on windows.

Kwpolska on March 5, 2024 | [–]

Eh, you can still use the SDK emulator, which is an x86_64 VM, and it has OK performance on reasonable hardware.

alkonaut on March 7, 2024 | | [–]

The argument I read from upset developers was that the WSA was so much better than other methods.

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