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Will Apple Kill Google's Surprise Android to iPhone AirDrop Interoperability?
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No, it's not. It's Google reverse engineering the standard. But it will be if Apple does something, so they might not.
Who cares of AirDrop? whatsapp/imessage/mail/file sharing websites are enough. Used airdrop few times between my imac and macbook, until ive connected them via lan...
Ars Technica has an excellent article on what made this technically possible, if anyone is interested.
arstechnica.com
The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop
Google’s Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.
arstechnica.com
If Apple were to kill this they would probably hurt their own users more, because it would be less reliable or not be compatible with older devices anymore.
There is no absolutely no correlation to the Beeper situation. Beeper was using Mac VMs in datacenters, with MacOS-level user accounts per-Android device, to provision AppleID-specific encryption keys and other information; effectively acting as a man-in-the-middle proxy between Android devices and Apple's iMessage servers.
In the case of Google Quick Share, the Android device and the Apple device are in direct communication and Apple's remote services are not being accessed, abused or spoofed by MitM.
In the case of Google Quick Share, the Android device and the Apple device are in direct communication and Apple's remote services are not being accessed, abused or spoofed by MitM.
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Kill it with fire
Based on your review of the code, or are you just assuming Google can be trusted?
I suspect it's shareholders who are against it - worried that it will lower the walled-garden, or remove an incentive for people to switch to iphone. There's no good reason for consumers to be against it.
Until Apple says something negative or positive about this we will not know if they were actually involved or not. That said, back in 2013 I was somewhat enthusiastic about Windows Phone. As I recall, Google refused to develop an official YouTube app for the platform and so Microsoft developed their own excellent app. Google forced them to kill it almost immediately. If Apple was not in the loop and they do kil lit they will not be in the wrong, even though I would love to see this type of functionality. However, this type of functionality should be the result of a partnership.
I always felt that had Microsoft not been so notoriously anticompetitive in the past, Google probably could have got in trouble for many of the ways that they messed with Windows Phone.
I always felt that had Microsoft not been so notoriously anticompetitive in the past, Google probably could have got in trouble for many of the ways that they messed with Windows Phone.
I'm a shareholder, and I'm quite happy with it. I never use AirDrop, but it's a nice option as my wife is a die-hard Pixel user.
if you have a 401k and/or mutual funds, you're probably a shareholder... it's not some exclusive club.
Like I needed another reason to completely disable Siri. Thank god I already have Siri and Apple Intelligence disabled everywhere in iOS and on my Mac.
Because Apple users look down on Andriod users with contempt, that they are willing to make their lives worse, in order to punish people who they believe are less than them (because of a phone they purchased)
Same core reason why so many people are willing to vote for a political party that hurts them, because it hurts 'others' even more.
Elitism. Some people like to feel like they are in an exclusive club. They don't want the "commoners" polluting their pool water.
I would if I were Apple. They didn't consult with them and quite frankly:
"Our implementation was thoroughly vetted by our own privacy and security teams" is an absolute no-go for me.
"Our implementation was thoroughly vetted by our own privacy and security teams" is an absolute no-go for me.
100% agree, yet it’s hilarious that they think that iPhones are somehow elite or exclusive. You can pick up one at wal-mart for $200 out the door with no payments, or on mint, etc.
It’s gotta be the EU that forced this in the first place right?
Next go after AirPlay and iMessage interoperability please EU. Thanks!
Snooty people just want their iPhones to "be better" - a perception they have
I don’t really care so much about interoperability with Android. So few people I know use them. Interoperability with Windows, however, would be a godsend. I am tired of slacking stuff to myself or saving it to OneDrive just to get it from my phone to my work computer quickly.
I can only think of one objection: that third-party AirDrop-compatible APIs would allow sending without potential rate limits, etc. controllable by Apple, thus making mass AirDrop spam more likely. However, this is best—and already—taken care of on the receiving end through measures like "Contacts only" and the new AirDrop PIN pairing, so it's a weak complaint at best.