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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

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Post by sussmannbaka »

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #53
sussmannbaka wrote: post #49

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Im not sure if Android has caught up but the iOS file explorer app is excellent.

Try connecting to a WebDAV server on File. It's possible but it's shitty. And try using Syncthing on iOS to keep your files synced across devices without having them uploaded to servers you don't control. Also, on Android, you can choose any file explorer. You're stuck with Files and it sucks (but it looks nice).

I don’t have one of those! I do have an SMB share mounted that I’m currently playing music from, though, and it’s working perfectly fine.

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by digdugdirk »

Angostura wrote: post #41
creaturemachine wrote: post #37

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Ever since the iphone apple has been trying to make you believe files aren't a thing.

Because Apple realised that phone users are interested in photos, videos, contacts, documents, appointments etc. not files

... This is a joke... Right?

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by creaturemachine »

bigyabai wrote: post #51
sussmannbaka wrote: post #49

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Im not sure if Android has caught up but the iOS file explorer app is excellent.

I'm pretty sure that iOS only has a file explorer app because Android supported it. There was almost a whole decade there where Apple pretended that the feature just didn't need to exist.

Remember folks, the iphone was released in 2007, and the files app in 2017. Cut & paste? Apple didn't give ios a clipboard until 2021.

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Gys wrote: post #58
OptionOfT wrote: post #5

The 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.

> We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out. Cross platforms, really? So for example between a Blackberry and a Windows CE phone?

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Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by mixmastamyk »

marcodiego wrote: post #62

Around 2008 I saw two girls, not too versed in technology, share a mp3 song over bluetooth. At the time I thought that if technology finally arrived at the point where "normal people" could be able to do things that required lots of technical knowledge just a few years ago then we were very close to a future where technology could be a giant enabler of powers to everyone. I am really ashamed by how wrong I was and ho…

You might enjoy this new initiative: https://aol.codeberg.page/eci/

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by input_sh »

_shantaram wrote: post #88
Gys wrote: post #58

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> We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out. Cross platforms, really? So for example between a Blackberry and a Windows CE phone?

> Cross platforms, really? So for example between a Blackberry and a Windows CE phone? Yes, it was part of the Bluetooth file transfer spec[0] and possible between any two devices that implemented it correctly. 0: https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/file-transfer...

You could do it even before phones came with Bluetooth via Infrared. Granted, the two phones had to be placed perfectly for the IR sensors to connect, if you moved them the file transfer would break.

Bluetooth was a huge upgrade because you no longer needed to do that.

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by 1-more »

wkat4242 wrote: post #75
Angostura wrote: post #41

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Because Apple realised that phone users are interested in photos, videos, contacts, documents, appointments etc. not files

iOS isn't just a phone OS.

It is. The other OSes have different names.

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by sussmannbaka »

bigyabai wrote: post #51
sussmannbaka wrote: post #49

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Im not sure if Android has caught up but the iOS file explorer app is excellent.

I'm pretty sure that iOS only has a file explorer app because Android supported it. There was almost a whole decade there where Apple pretended that the feature just didn't need to exist.

Am I supposed to be mad about them not supporting a feature during a time when I didn’t use iOS or is this somehow supposed to impact my current day use of Files app?

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by joshstrange »

creaturemachine wrote: post #114
bigyabai wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure that iOS only has a file explorer app because Android supported it. There was almost a whole decade there where Apple pretended that the feature just didn't need to exist.

Remember folks, the iphone was released in 2007, and the files app in 2017. Cut & paste? Apple didn't give ios a clipboard until 2021.

> Apple didn't give ios a clipboard until 2021.

Apple added copy/paste in iOS 3.0 in 2009

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