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This isn't about marketshare, it's about Apple making things impossible. You're a hacker, tell me how I can solve this problem: I am with a friend in a place w
by lukeschlather 3y ago
This isn't about marketshare, it's about Apple making things impossible. You're a hacker, tell me how I can solve this problem:
I am with a friend in a place with no Internet access. They have an iPhone. I have an Android phone. We don't have any cables. My friend took a video and I would like them to send me the video right now over Wifi.
I think there are some ways I could solve it, but I don't think there are any ways I could solve it that would be reliable for nontechnical users (and even for me it's hard.) This isn't an accident, Apple is abusing their control over iOS to make this sort of thing impossible. And it's worse than anything Microsoft ever did. Apple is actively standing in my way, even though I don't own any iOS devices.
- CharlesW 3y ago> You're a hacker, tell me how I can solve this problem: Feem, but I'm interested to learn more about this contrived example where phones don't have internet access and so can't use SHAREit, Send Anywhere, or any number of other solutions.
- lukeschlather 3y agoNot a contrived example. happens to me often and iOS users are paralyzed when AirDrop doesn't work. (And like, it is possible but it's a lot harder than it should be.) People who transfer lots of media for work don't even bother, they just accept AirDrop as the only functional solution, which means you carry an iOS device.
- CharlesW 3y agoGotcha. In addition to the off- and online apps above, it looks like web-based solutions like snapdrop.net work on Safari/iOS as well.
- evilduck 3y agoWithout prior downloads happening before going offline I’m not sure you could share a file between mobile operating systems out of the box, regardless of which OS is trying to supply the file. If I’m allowed to pre-download software before encountering your scenario, running a web server or an app that serves FTP or other server types hosting files is trivial on either OS. iOS may require shuffling the video file into an app sandbox first.
- tambourine_man 3y ago> This isn't about marketshare, it's about Apple making things impossible. Of course it is about marketshare. The more you have, the more you can make things hard for your competitors. The less you have, the more you're the weird one with the odd platform. > I am with a friend in a place with no Internet access That's a vanishingly rare situation not worthy of legislation, IMO.
- jonhohle 3y ago> And it's worse than anything Microsoft ever did In 2003 I bought a PowerBook. It was the only commercially available laptop that could be bought without buying a Windows license. Microsoft had put any competitors out of business by that point and OEMs weren’t ready to sell Linux laptops. Apple only existed because Microsoft injected them with cash to show they had a competitor. Get a USB drive.
- meindnoch 3y agoYou've been able to access SMB shares from the Files app just fine for years now. Linux supports SMB. Windows supports SMB. You're welcome.
- beeboobaa 3y agoSo now I have to lug my synology file share around just in case I want to share a file with a friend, instead of just transmitting it wirelessly?
- carlosjobim 3y agoThe answer is obvious, play the video on one phone and film the screen with the other.
- ahepp 3y agoIt looks like Samsung and Google only merged their airdrop utilities in Summer 2023, so how would you have done this with two different android phones?