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# [Same Thread, Different Moment: What Dispatchers.Main.immediate Really Changes](https://android-expert.hashnode.dev/same-thread-different-moment-what-dispatchers-main-immediate-really-changes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Both run on Android’s main thread, but one queues your coroutine and the other starts it now. Here is what breaks when you forget.

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