I remember reading somewhere Apple had/has to make AirDrop interoperable due to EU's DMA.

How long until Apple disables it outside of the EU?

	▲	jack_tripper 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They won't, they'll just do another Green-Bubble/Blue-Bubble shenanigan to signal when Apple royalty is transferring a file with an unwashed Android peasant via a gimped experience.

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raw_anon_1111 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well since absolutely no one buys Pixeld to a first approximation and mostly in the US. Looking at different sites it’s from 3-6% marketshare.

I doubt this was done for the DMA.

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input_sh 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> Developers will be able to integrate alternative solutions to Apple’s AirDrop and AirPlay services on the iPhone. As a result, iPhone users will be able to choose from different and innovative services to share files with other users and cast media content from their iPhones to TVs.

https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/questions-and-answe...

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raw_anon_1111 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You realize that doesn’t say what you think it says in your own quote of the citation?

Apple has to allow alternate solutions on the iPhone - not that they have to allow AirDrop interoperability.

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input_sh 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Feel free to click on a PDF directly below that quote, I don't have to serve you everything on a silver platter.

I promise you you will find what you're looking for right there.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So you posted a citation supposedly refuting my comment then when you are called out about it instead of admitting you misinterpreted your own citation, you say “look somewhere else”…

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concinds 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's a different thing, but the EU did force Apple to implement Wi-Fi Aware which is what allows Google to do this.

	▲	gumby271 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But this works with the existing airdrop client on the iOS side right? Did Apple change airdrop to use wifi aware, and now Google can build the airdrop protocol on Android?

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tencentshill 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So is Airdrop now less secure or private? I don't trust any standard Google had their hands in.

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wiseowise 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

First time I hear about Google tech being insecure or not private. Sure they siphon all the info THEMSELVES, but never have I heard about them implementing insecure protocols.

	▲	thewebguyd 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> but never have I heard about them implementing insecure protocols. That's because they don't. Google takes security seriously. There's a reason GrapheneOS is only supported on Pixel devices currently as well, because of certain hardware security features. Nothing you do with Google is private from Google but it's certainly designed to belong only to Google, your data is one of their most important assets. Of course they are going to secure it and prevent others besides themselves from getting or using it. It's the most common misconception with Google, that they "sell your information." They don't, they never have. They use your info, aggregated with all other Google users, to sell targeting for ads. They don't sell the actual data.

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dlcarrier 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think it's possible for it to get less secure or private.

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rescbr 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Eh... there is an open source AirDrop implementation, it's 6 years old now.

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop