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by input_sh 216 days ago
> 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...
1 comments
raw_anon_1111 216 days ago
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 216 days ago
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.

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raw_anon_1111 216 days ago
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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input_sh 215 days ago
So instead of admitting you were wrong and that DMA did indeed strongarm Apple into doing this, you're doing what? Arguing I should've given you a different quote with that info instead of a primary source I've already linked to you?

Weird man, weird.

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raw_anon_1111 215 days ago
Well first you were wrong - and your quote shows that you didn’t understand what you were quoting. The EU never forced Apple to have interoperability with AirDrop. It had to support the standard WiFI protocol to allow other apps to be installed on the iPhone that could duplicate its functionally. It’s “weird” that you don’t see the difference.

It’s also weird that you could take the time to deflect and respond twice and not find the quote that backs up your (false) assertion.

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concinds 216 days ago
That's a different thing, but the EU did force Apple to implement Wi-Fi Aware which is what allows Google to do this.
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gumby271 215 days ago
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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