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i wrote a frequently asked questions page for the touchhle website, some of the answers might be amusing/infuriating if you're in the emulation or digital preservation space https://touchhle.org/faq.html

@hikari why the (what we perceive as) snark towards 32-bit userlands on 64-bit processors? this has been a memory-saving trick that's been around since forever?

@hikari has Google somehow fuckered the end-user-facing UX of this in a way that we never noticed?

@r @hikari If you try to install a 64-bit APK, it just says "App not installed", with zero clarification

If you go through Google Play, the app won't show up in searches, and I think if you manage to navigate directly to the app anyway, it says something like "This app can't be installed on your device". But touchHLE isn't on Google Play

@JosJuice @hikari oh gods fucking dammit *screams in frustration*

okay that makes a lot of sense now

@r @hikari There's also no way to find out if your phone supports 64-bit ABIs without downloading some third-party app. It's not in the marketing materials and it's not in the settings menus