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

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Post by wtallis »

e44858 wrote: post #518
wtallis wrote: post #435

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No, OWL only appears to have specific driver requirements, namely that they expose to userspace functionality that any remotely modern WiFi chip should already have.

"you will need a Wi-Fi card supporting active monitor mode with frame injection" https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl

Yeah, I saw that. I'm pretty sure that's a statement more about the drivers than the underlying hardware. Open-source drivers often have more limited feature support than the underlying hardware. I doubt anyone is producing WiFi chips that cannot transmit arbitrary software-constructed WiFi frames, or capture and relay to software all the frames they hear, and ACK frames as needed while doing so. But it's very easy to imagine that some of those capabilities would not be publicly documented, or not enabled with the default firmware provided to end users. Those limitations that hinder Linux end-users tinkering with their machines don't necessarily apply to an OS vendor with a deep partnership with the relevant hardware vendors.

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Post by namtab00 »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #305
rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #53

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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).

The difference is that the Files app works with third party cloud storage providers.

Next time you give Android a try, you might like Solid Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplor...

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Post by apitman »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #483
apitman wrote: post #460

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The irony is that the netcode is excellent now, but locked to proprietary platforms.

Is it really excellent? I mean, the game still FPS drops, when only one person in a multiplayer match is lagging. But maybe that could be attributed to engine problems, rather than network code issues. The rest of the code seems not too great either, considering the humongous system requirements, compared to the historical versions of the game. If you ask me, they could have kept it 2D sprites and it would have been…

That's just been my experience. LAN especially seems rock solid, once it's going. All sorts of issues getting it to connect sometimes. Definitely lag sometimes online.

I'm with you on the system requirements bloat. Really sad honestly. That said, I don't think the engine is more 3D than it used to be, is it? I believe it's still isometric 2D with 3D physics. Could definitely (definitively?) be wrong though.

Here's some discussion on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ageofempires/comments/16aowwc/are_t...

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

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

As with all things Google, they still don't know that they both owned and killed a similar technology (Bump) 11 years ago.

https://blog.bu.mp/post/61411611006/bump-google

https://blog.bu.mp/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(application)

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

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Post by jeroenhd »

thewebguyd wrote: post #520
jeroenhd wrote: post #481

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> Nothing you do with Google is private from Google but it's certainly designed to belong only to Google The same also goes for Apple, although Apple doesn't monetize your data as much so they collect less. They'll suck up all kinds of data out of your devices but will strictly protect that data from third party applications any way they can. They're also willing to use that protection to prevent interoperability or…

Yeah, Apple collects a lot of the same stuff. The difference for me is in the business model, and the fact that Apple offers true E2E encryption for photos while Google doesn't. If Google ever made their own version of Advanced Data Protection for Pixel phones, it'd be a wash.

Apple does pose more private defaults, though they will easily steer your towards "make backups encrypted with a key we also know in case you lose your password", which isn't much more private than Google's proposition.

When Google announced their AI hardware features, I was hoping they they'd implement the same offline/encrypted photo indexing that iOS does, rather than shoving everything through the cloud. Unfortunately, Google Photos seems as bad as ever.

On the other hand, setting up automatic backups and photo sync towards a self-hosted Immich/Photoprism instance is a lot easier on Android than on iOS in my experience, despite Google's reluctance to grant storage permissions to apps.

Google does actually have a kind of extended protection (https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/advanced-...), but that feeds more data to Google rather than less: it basically has you trust Google to protect you, by having Google pre-scan your browsing and locking down your account. If you're American, that may be worth it if you trust Google enough. It's a combination of Lockdown Mode and Advanced Protection Mode on iOS.

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

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

namtab00 wrote: post #522
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #305

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The difference is that the Files app works with third party cloud storage providers.

Next time you give Android a try, you might like Solid Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplor...

The one major issue is that it doesn’t work inside other apps. If I save something in Word, it pops up the standard File dialog and every storage provider available for my iOS device - Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, local storage, network drives, and locally connected mass storage devices are available.

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

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Post by dzhiurgis »

wackget wrote: post #342

Incredible! In an astounding feat, it has only taken a mere two decades to enable the world's largest tech companies to provide the most basic levels of interopability. At this breakneck speed of technological development, one can only imagine what wonderful boons await consumers in the next few decades.

Indeed. We have flying cars, FSD, AI and borderline AGI, robots, yet file sharing is like breakthrough in technologia.

This is why we need more scrutiny against big tech. Interop and platform openess.

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Post by dzhiurgis »

Menu_Overview wrote: post #511
YPPH wrote: post #409

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Apple could have implemented this a long time ago but decided not to implement Bluetooth file sharing.

AirDrop is faster and more secure and reliable than simple Bluetooth file sharing. There are a number of reasons they weren't going to do that.

Tons of antitrust cases and people still believe this in 2025.

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Post by zelphirkalt »

apitman wrote: post #523
zelphirkalt wrote: post #483

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Is it really excellent? I mean, the game still FPS drops, when only one person in a multiplayer match is lagging. But maybe that could be attributed to engine problems, rather than network code issues. The rest of the code seems not too great either, considering the humongous system requirements, compared to the historical versions of the game. If you ask me, they could have kept it 2D sprites and it would have been…

That's just been my experience. LAN especially seems rock solid, once it's going. All sorts of issues getting it to connect sometimes. Definitely lag sometimes online. I'm with you on the system requirements bloat. Really sad honestly. That said, I don't think the engine is more 3D than it used to be, is it? I believe it's still isometric 2D with 3D physics. Could definitely (definitively?) be wrong though. Here's so…

Hmmm that would mean incredibly bad performance though. I mean, there is even a machine performance test, before you can play online, because the game is too heavy for many machines these days, while running 8p games just fine back in the day on waaaaay weaker hardware than most people have these days. What then is causing the massive performance regressions? Maybe resolution increase?

To me it looks kinda 3D, when you pane left right and look at buildings, but I could be wrong and that could be merely some effect, that also takes some on the fly calculation.

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