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> 1. The Apple experience, at least on the OS side, matters less and less in the webapp world. I see it the opposite. At least for iPhone owners Universal Clip
by riversflow 11mo ago
> 1. The Apple experience, at least on the OS side, matters less and less in the webapp world.
I see it the opposite. At least for iPhone owners Universal Clipboard and file sharing with Airdrop are killer apps.
- bloaf 11mo agoOn android, KDE Connect felt great for basic copy/pasting/file transfer between devices. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ On iOS, KDE Connect feels like its running a potato sack race with both arms tied behind its back.
- Kye 11mo agoI didn't really get it until I Airdropped a shipping label PDF to the guy at the UPS store to print from his phone, which was already set up for the label printer.
- encom 11mo agoFile transfer! What will they think of next?
- AOsborn 11mo agoFile transfer that just works. My mum can use airdrop. She sends us things. She doesn't need to install anything or configure things. She just uses the first-party UI. It's the same with Airpods. Bluetooth headphones? Yeah, you can buy some for $20, who needs Apple ones? Apparently everyone. Turns out providing great noise cancellation and bluetooth that just works means the product is appealing to general consumers.
- csomar 11mo agoFile transfer worked well on Nokia devices and was pretty stable. What was not, is bluetooth connections with audio devices. This is a solved problem now and my Xiaomi earpods connection is pretty stable. I remember having more issues with the Airpods.
- 1718627440 11mo agoFile transfer over SSH also just works. You can even mount it, so you can work directly on the remote version without any program support. It was deliberately killed by computing-device-as-a-service vendors.
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