EU regulation has led to Apple being forced to open up iOS in ways that many never expected, but it’s not done just yet. In an effort to ensure “effective interoperability” with other platforms, the EU wants Apple to make native features of iOS being compatible with Android, including the likes of AirDrop and more.
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Idk how I feel about this. Right to repair was a good step, but it’s just ging way too far now. Government intervention is completely inappropriate at this point.
Can they add chromecast as well. Absurd that it’s a closed source protocol that still doesn’t work well with Firefox and other browsers.
Chromecast is the only reason I keep chrome installed on my laptop. Would love a better alternative
I use fx_cast extension, it’s been working great for years. Although it needs the “bridge” to be installed, which is some minimal headless chromium thing.
It’s not a seemless experience, as it has a domain whitelist enabled by default, so you need to mess with it in the extension settings first, but once it’s been set up, it’s fine.
Sometimes it can mix up old/expired sessions, so the website would say you’re casting but you’re not. You can just press the “active” cast button and disconnect, then reconnect again.
Some other times (rarely) it fails to mock the casting feature and you won’t see the cast button or it would be disabled. Refreshing the page helps. If not, double check your whitelist.
Finally. Even though it works horribly.
when does apple turn around and just stop selling in the EU?
Whenever they want to. The EU is entitled to protect its citizens from anticompetitive behavior and companies are free to stop doing business there if they don’t like it.
People are also free to simply not buy products.
Truth.
Corpos might cave to pressure. Another politician might get elected.
Or your consumer/voter base might get dumb and complacent.
Good luck, all
Is airdrop more than just some random gimmick? All I heard was that people use it to spew memes and dick pics onto unsuspecting passengers in the same subway car and the likes.
It’s useful when it works. You have alternatives in Android, but come on we’re in 2024, “smart” devices should be able to talk to each other regardless of the operating system.
It’s very, very useful for people to share videos instantly. For instance, someone takes a video at the end of a dance class and then sends it to the teacher for them to post online after. Or two people want to practice something so they record a small thing and send to the other person. It’s seamless and really quick.
Android users end up having to wait for someone to upload to e.g. Dropbox and then share a link.
Android users use quick share these days
Everybody uses whatsapp, just share to the class group or individual. Never had to use Dropbox for anything.
Using some server hundreds of kilometers away to send something to the person standing in front of me does not make any sense.
What’s even more enraging is that phones used to be able to do that until the manufacturers decided to remove the ability and kept replacing it with ever changing inferior alternatives until people rather used whatsapp or dropbox.
WhatsApp is awful for sharing media
I thought competition was about HAVING features that differentiate you from the others; Not forcing everyone to give their good ideas to everyone else?
When something is subject to the network effect, competition requires interoperability. This applies almost universally to technical standards.
It sounds like you are providing a reasoned explanation of ideas, rather than just downvoting me. That can’t be right, can it?
Competition is when Monopoly
File sharing using bluetooth and wifi are not Apple’s ideas.
you are correct, they are not, however, Apple‘s optimization and the mechanisms underpinning how those actually function is significantly different and superior to the regular file sharing that you’re describing. I am not making this information up. You can verify this yourself. I can provide some citations if you wish. And yes, I was foolish to post my comment in an android community.
