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The EU wants Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay to Android and other platforms (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i’m not sure of the issues that you’re having, but it almost always works perfectly for me - screen mirroring, media control (streaming from device as well as remote control of existing media - even streamed from 1 device to eg a homepod and then using another device to skip etc), airdrop files and photos etc to my own device or others’ devices, even the new ability to walk away and have the transfer continue over the internet

can’t remember the last time i had an issue that wasn’t solved immediately by a retry, and even those issues are very rare

… in my experience at least

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

600 students, ~100 teachers, everyone has an iPad (plus many have an iPhone). ~20 students per class.

AirPlay often didn't work with the 'smart' boards, and not even much better with the extra AppleTVs we got.
AirDrop only showed ~50% of the students, of course including ones in other classrooms, so that isn't due to distance. Even if you were displayed, again 50% that the file actually got to you. A restart 'fixed' that - but restarting every 1.5 hours for a new class because Apples AirDrop team is apparently just as incompetent as its MDM team is pretty annoying. Then, sometimes, WiFi was way too unstable, but still used by AirDrop normally, which meant nothing worked.

We resorted to teams, which was perfect for me, as I was using a laptop at that point, as it was much better suited for basically everything done in class.

It may work in small groups, eg. one to one, but only if both have an Apple device, which isn't really likely. And in larger groups, eg. schools, it scales very badly.

Edit: I forgot to say: I have a literal tirade about apple devices, in that context and in general, but that's only minorly relevant, and I'm too lazy to translate it to english.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

yeah i’m not sure about the scale issues. i’m a software engineer, so use it in teams of ~6-10 (more in the building, but not as close as classrooms) where everyone gets a macbook and iphone

it works close to perfectly in those situations