What are the chances that this is made possible because of the DMA?
Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
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Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#22At the same time as we have companies trying to push their humanoid robots with AI and all, we finally have devices able to communicate with each other again. Vendor locking is such a stupid thing.
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#23Just use Wormhole for file transfer. Small and easy to use. I have put on all my computers, laptops and phones.
100% of the time when I want to share a file from my phone to another phone, the other phone is not owned by me and I can’t just install some software on it
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#24Aren't most people just sending files over whatsapp/signal/whatever instant messaging apps they use?
Large files.
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#25Ah, makes me think of MacOS system 7 days. MacOS formatted the 3.5" disks with its own filesystem, so if you copied a file onto it, and put the disk in a Windows PC (or DOS?), the PC would go "Huh?". 3 decades later, hooray, now we can share files between Android and iPhone!
System 7 had built in tools to read and write DOS disks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_File_Exchange
I distinctly remember how it was the bare minimum. You'd mount a disk or open a plain text file, and there'd be a lot of strange characters that weren't decoded properly.
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#26Am I right to assume that they simply implemented AirDrop without discussing with Apple?
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#27Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#28Aren't most people just sending files over whatsapp/signal/whatever instant messaging apps they use?
That's my first thought too, as an Android user. But Apple culture is about using what's built in, the path of least resistance, and Android/Windows are more for tinkerers who seek out their favorite solutions from a wide variety of third party options.
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#29Aren't most people just sending files over whatsapp/signal/whatever instant messaging apps they use?
AirDrop is cool because it works offline with relatively high bandwidth using local RF. If you want to wait for you and the target to transmit all the data to/from some server 1000 miles away (using up your precious bandwidth quota along the way) that’s always been an option.
Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
#30The fact that I get excited about this is actually a good representation much vendor lock there is. We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out.
Looks like this is an Apple problem that can ve solved by not using Apple products. Every once in a while I look at some Apple device and think it's nifty. Shortly after I'm made aware of some thing or other that they can't do because Apple just doesn't like standards, open source, or just freedom itself.