And not a small bug either. This large an interoperability issue and it takes a nerd not in the employ of Google to fix their shit? This is why Apple's vertical integration makes it one of richest companies in the world. Google's only up there because of their success in that one business of theirs.

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mhluongo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Funny, I was under the impression that Apple's stuff is closed source, so no one outside their employ even could fix a similar issue?

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justinclift 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Bearing in mind that Apple does Open Source some stuff: https://opensource.apple.com/projects

They also Open Source the base OS layer pieces for macOS too:

* https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/

* https://opensource.apple.com/releases/

I don't keep any kind of close eye on this stuff though.

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butvacuum 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Apparently, android isn't fixing it either.

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fragmede 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What does Apple being Apple have to do with Google not paying somebody to work on getting Airpods, which presumably should conform to some Bluetooth spec, in order to get Airpods to work on Android?

	▲	catlikesshrimp 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>>...due to a bug in the Android Bluetooth implementation. The issue can be resolved because an android bug can be debugged by a contributor. A similar issue can't even be analyzed from the apple side by anyone but an apple employee. We are assuming there are bugs in iOS, but their closed sourceness can mislead people to believe there aren't. Then, yes, their vertical integration makes them rich, which in this case is bad for users, in the guise of being good.