Wherein Google realizes it needs AirDrop for its self driving cars too.
Nearby Connections 2.0: offline high bandwidth peer to peer device communication
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Re: Nearby Connections 2.0: offline high bandwidth peer to peer device communication
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Play services is more than just the online store; it's a Faustian bargain of useful services in exchange for giving Google root control over "your" computer. I refuse to Play. I don't really miss the app store, but I'm sore I can't cast media at my friend's house (Chromecast requires Google Play, of course). This is another brick in that wall. This is more unethical and monopolistic than anything Micro$oft ever did,…
Does Chromecast really require a Play login? On iOS you can cast with no login at all
I don't believe it requires a login, but it does require Play services, which requires giving root to Google via a closed-source binary.
Re: Nearby Connections 2.0: offline high bandwidth peer to peer device communication
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It's amazing how much things have changed since AirDrop. In the last two offices in which I've worked (both creative), AirDrop was indispensable. Even in a small team of 20 or so people, it was used hundreds of times a day. The new Apple era has strayed considerably from "it just works," except for AirDrop, which has been nothing but a pleasure to work with.
Can you describe the workflow of using AirDrop? Because for some reason AirDrop never really clicked for me. It is far too many layers or options before i get it across devices. And I assume you are all using Mac? Because In Cooperate World it is pretty much Windows Only.
In Corporate World of the 1990's it was pretty much Windows Only. Much of the corporate world has moved on, largely spurred by managers adopting iPhones.
The last two companies I worked for — a creative agency with ~50 people, and a larger more anonymous company with ~2,000 employees in 10 states — both were 100% Mac. The first one, because that's how creative agencies have always been. The second for security. The IT dept's policy was no Microsoft hardware or software allowed other than Office: Mac.
As for the workflow, it's like this:
- See file on desktop. - Right-click and select "Airdrop" - Choose destination computer - Notification appears on target computer stating that someone wants to send a file - Destination user clicks "Accept" - File transmits super-duper fast in the background and lands in the destination computer's download folder
Or if you're sending a file to yourself (both devices have the same iCloud/.mac/.me ID) skip everything after the third step.