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The “Overview of Proposed Measures” is worth a read. They want to force Apple to let any device use AirDrop and AirPlay. No such similar requirement for Androi

• joeblubaugh 2y ago
  Another one that surprised me was the “share WiFi credentials” feature. Not too psyched about any shitty device being allowed to pup that notification up on my phone.
  • jitl 2y ago
    I think the Apple one is limited to people you are somehow iCloud “friends” with, I’ve never seen a prompt for someone I don’t know
    • lowkj 2y ago
      My understanding is, the person simply needs to be in your contacts. Nothing related to iCloud or friend connection.
      • st3fan 2y ago
        They need to be in your contacts with their iCloud email. And similar you need to be in their contacts with your iCloud email. Doesn't work without iCloud.
  • tm-infringement 2y ago
    You mean "Automatic Wi-Fi connection" section? Maybe I'm not reading it right, but it seems that it's actually about something already fully paired (e.g Smartwatch) having access to the WiFi like the Apple Watch.
• noprocrasted 2y ago
  > let any device use AirDrop and AirPlay What's the problem with that? That's a win for everyone involved. Maybe finally we'll have an open, universal file transfer and proximity screen casting protocol, thanks to it already having a critical mass of compatible devices.
  • buzzerbetrayed 2y ago
    There are those of us that don’t see government forcing people to act a certain way as always a “win for everyone involved”
    • matheusmoreira 2y ago
      Apple is not "people". It's a trillion dollar corporation. I'd rather see it forced to open up all of its "value add" nonsense so that we can have interoperabiliry and truly own our devices.
      • righthand 2y ago
        The zealots think Apple is a person with rights. Look at how they talk about the company. It’s not exclusive to this thread and is apart of the Apple faith.
    • tm-infringement 2y ago
      Just like the horrible government banning leaded fuel. I'm not joking, a stronger argument is needed about regulation than "any gubernatorial directive is bad". Apple isn't a person with natural rights. What are the actual drawbacks of this? Are we stifling innovation by forcing interop of the disruptive technology of "wireless filesharing"? It's infrared media transfer, but with 2.4GHz.
      • buzzerbetrayed 2y ago
        I specifically said that it isn’t always a win to address this. But yes, creating a strawman certainly makes arguments easier.
• tm-infringement 2y ago
  Doesn't seem to be needed, there's a web and iOS SDK right there. Google is no angel with interoperability, but the Apple lock-in is another level. Filesharing should be an open protocol imo, making it proprietary is behavior straight out of a scummy telecom company in the 2000's. https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/overview https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/overview
• kelnos 2y ago
  Apple could implement Cast OS-wide on iPhones if they wanted to; the information to do so is publicly available. They simply just don't want to.
• dismalaf 2y ago
  Google Cast is literally open already. Anyone can incorporate it into their app on any platform...