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Yes, because the EU mandated them to. Just no one seems to want to federate.
And you are perfectly capable of interacting with iMessage users now through SMS/MMS/RCS
That's not Apple's fault per se, but of course, they contribute to it. They should open up the iMessage protocol.
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You're responding in a sub-thread where others have specifically called out the fact that you can't get battery status from AirPods on non-Apple platforms. This is, to my knowledge, a feature that is supported natively by the Bluetooth stacks on every mainstream OS and requires no "apps" at all. For example, I can connect my Bluetooth mouse to my Linux machine and it happily reports the state of the battery. Care to…
The Bluetooth spec only supports one battery status. AirPods have three batteries. Is 1 On the subject of the multi-trillion-dollar behemoth, Apple is a private company. If you have the capital, you can acquire a controlling interest and then they’ll work on whatever you like. Until then, you’re out of luck.
Companies are not acts of God or nature. They are a private company operating on a society that allows it to exist because it is believed to be the for the public good. The public has very much the right to question it's practices, and if they are anti consumer, monopolistic, or a list of other things, to correct them. Shareholders be damned.
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I'm all for everything being compatible with everything, but why should apple invest resources in testing/debugging android compatibility for something that they make?
There is a vast difference between testing and debugging and not intentionally making your product worse when on a standard BT connection which is basically what Apple is doing.
Where did the "libREated" in the title come from?
Where did the "libREated" in the title come from?
I remember flashing the Pine64 Pine Buds and man I could not get them to sound right aside from the original settings. They were not great to begin with but yeah.
The UI looks great
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And you are perfectly capable of interacting with iMessage users now through SMS/MMS/RCS
Yes, except that SMS/MMS sucks major ass, and RCS is really, really bad too. Not as awful as SMS, but close, and missing various barebones features. That's not Apple's fault per se, but of course, they contribute to it. They should open up the iMessage protocol.
Where did the "libREated" in the title come from?
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> Apple, like every other vendor, does not have a choice but to implement this as a proprietary characteristic. Pre-BLE, other vendors copied Apple's de-facto `HFP They could publish the details, and not block other manufacturer details, so that it is easier for other platforms to develop drivers for them. Or develop a new standard that works for their earbuds.
Or… just report whichever one is lower, which is the value 99% of people care about 99% of The time.