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We can't even get widespread adoption on workstations, what are the chances we'll ever get them on mobile?
It's all the same problems. There aren't nearly enough people using it for developers to spend their time developing compatible versions of their software, much less ones with a mobile-friendly interface.
Maybe they'll work with PWAs but those still suck.
There's a simple reason to change that: use it. Recommend it to your friends. And yet there are great Linux mobile OSes(as example Graphen OS.
Graphene OS isn't anymore Linux than any other Android rom
I couldn't possibly recommend it to anyone who is not a programmer. It doesn't work for shit. The simplest and most basic things like just installing software is nigh-impossible for normies.