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0 pointshappyopossum2y ago0 comments

If you’re not on Apple you and the recipient have to happen to have agree on and install same one of 37 different ways to do this. It’s not seamless.

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lopkeny12ko2y ago· 3 in thread

That's a feature, not a bug. Why should I have to be locked in to a proprietary file sharing mechanism that my device manufacturer unilaterally declares I must use?

DandyDev2y ago

To have 37 different implementations to achieve this, might be a feature. To have 37 different protocols surely is not.

There should preferably be one open protocol for proximity based wireless ad-hoc file sharing. This protocol can then be implemented by operating systems and/or userland implementations

dash22y ago

I turn up at a university to make a presentation. I want to send my powerpoint to the room computer. Which of the 37 apps will it have pre-installed?

djmips2y ago

Some things are better universally. That bad part is proprietary. It would be best if it was universal and open.

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