on the utter failure, on all levels, of ubuntu touch, a attempt to build a new mobile os.

I feel like the announcement of a new and independent mobile operating system platform was a good reason for the architects to say: “Yeah, let’s do this, but let’s do it The Right Way™ and be better than all the others”. Ubuntu wouldn’t just have a graphical user interface, it would have one that could work on all devices and adapt to all form factors. It wouldn’t just isolate applications against each other the way the Linux kernel or Android did, it would have full-blown confinement which also protected your data and privacy. It would magically prevent apps from draining the battery. And so on. Whatever the others did on the technical side, Ubuntu would do it better and in a more elegant way.

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