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.
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 thought competition was about HAVING features that differentiate you from the others; Not forcing everyone to give their good ideas to everyone else?
If the fuel for your car were specifically tied to the manufacturer, would that increase or decrease competition?
That’s avoiding the question. It also ignores the fact that there are already multiple competing implementations that are also better than standard Bluetooth file sharing, but that Apple’s walled Garden prevents several of them from being usable on Apple’s devices, so if you’re taking that approach then you’re trading off one method of Apple being anticompetitive for another.
I agree that Apple should allow standard Bluetooth or wifi-based file sharing and streaming available to all, on its devices. What I disagree with, is the idea that Apple should make t he proprietary optimizations that it created for Airplay and air sharing freely available.
And if Apple is preventing other competing proprietary systems from working on their platform, do you agree that they should allow those systems to work on their platform?
Apple’s versions aren’t really any better than competing systems (some of which are open) in my experience. They’re just better than the other systems they allow to operate on their devices, which is a way of using their large market share to prevent competition. Apple have used “but muh security!” as a response to letting competing services onto iOS, so the EU are giving them the other option - open up your own standard so others can use it.
When something is subject to the network effect, competition requires interoperability. This applies almost universally to technical standards.
when does apple turn around and just stop selling in the EU?
Given the market size, never?
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.
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 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.
Everybody uses whatsapp, just share to the class group or individual. Never had to use Dropbox for anything.
WhatsApp is awful for sharing media
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.
Android users use quick share these days
Thanks for showing, I didn’t know about that. Proprietary, of course…
Proprietary, of course…
Sadly. At least there seem to be an open source implementation of it, don’t know if it’s reverse engineered or if there’s design docs available somewhere: https://github.com/Martichou/rquickshare
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.
Apple should want this for themselves already, the closed loop Apple shit is so dumb. Hence why very few use this stuff in my country where Apple probably has around half the market give or take.
