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That a program like kde connect is necessary to communicate between a bunch of general purpose computers is the real funny thing. Its great that this software e

That a program like kde connect is necessary to communicate between a bunch of general purpose computers is the real funny thing. Its great that this software exists, but the reason it has to exist in the first place is depressing.

JohnFen 3y ago
It's not necessary to do that, it's just convenient. I haven't tried KDE connect because I assumed that it was cloud-connected and I already do most of that using other tools anyway. But KDE Connect would certainly be a more convenient method. Now that I know (or think?) it doesn't depend on third party servers, I'll give it a try.
- donkeybeer 3y ago
  The mouse sharing with phones sounds interesting, I would like to try out kde connect for that feature.
  - jasonm23 3y ago
    it's also nice that you can use speech to text on your phone, directly to the Linux, macOS, Windows, machine.
- jrm4 3y ago
  There's a lot of space between "necessary" and "convenient" here. Sure, if you know how to root the phone and program it you can do literally anything. But the bigger and more important point is that Android and Apple (whoever the parties are) have perhaps subconsciously colluded to exclude simple and important functions on our phones -- which are no longer "general purpose computers" -- if ANY of these machines are. E.g. anything convenient that the Apple ecosystem machines can do should be readily available anywhere. Or to better generalize it, how I use my phone and computer ought to be limited only by the machine and my imagination. There should nearly literally be no such thing as a feature I wish for that I can't have, period.
  - jasonm23 3y ago
    The "wonderful" thing about the profit motive is no collusion is necessary. There will be natural gravity towards inclusion and exclusion of particular features. Innovation centers around potential profit.
    - jrm4 3y ago
      See, someone's going to read this and nod "yes, this is why open source doesn't matter at all"
- jasonm23 3y ago
  The big plus, in immediate terms, is that you can extend it. Pushbullet gives you similar features, across any 'regular' set of devices. Being closed source though is simply a way to justify a subscription, and datamine their paying customers.

JohnFen 3y ago

It's not necessary to do that, it's just convenient. I haven't tried KDE connect because I assumed that it was cloud-connected and I already do most of that using other tools anyway. But KDE Connect would certainly be a more convenient method. Now that I know (or think?) it doesn't depend on third party servers, I'll give it a try.

donkeybeer 3y ago
The mouse sharing with phones sounds interesting, I would like to try out kde connect for that feature.
- jasonm23 3y ago
  it's also nice that you can use speech to text on your phone, directly to the Linux, macOS, Windows, machine.
jrm4 3y ago
There's a lot of space between "necessary" and "convenient" here. Sure, if you know how to root the phone and program it you can do literally anything. But the bigger and more important point is that Android and Apple (whoever the parties are) have perhaps subconsciously colluded to exclude simple and important functions on our phones -- which are no longer "general purpose computers" -- if ANY of these machines are. E.g. anything convenient that the Apple ecosystem machines can do should be readily available anywhere. Or to better generalize it, how I use my phone and computer ought to be limited only by the machine and my imagination. There should nearly literally be no such thing as a feature I wish for that I can't have, period.
- jasonm23 3y ago
  The "wonderful" thing about the profit motive is no collusion is necessary. There will be natural gravity towards inclusion and exclusion of particular features. Innovation centers around potential profit.
  - jrm4 3y ago
    See, someone's going to read this and nod "yes, this is why open source doesn't matter at all"
jasonm23 3y ago
The big plus, in immediate terms, is that you can extend it. Pushbullet gives you similar features, across any 'regular' set of devices. Being closed source though is simply a way to justify a subscription, and datamine their paying customers.