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by smrtinsert 4414 days ago
This part is funny, app interoperability is a huge feature. Some people should just stay on iOS I guess. I love that I can click a link and have various ways of understanding or consuming it. I guess there needs to be some tweaking around how and when it saves preferences for these intents, but personally this is a big part of the reason I'm on Android.
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As an iOS user the concept is great and many people would LOVE something similar in the iOS world. It sounds like the implementation has some interface flaws that cause people problems.

The core idea that I should be able to choose what app to use to manage my photos seems self-evident.

Biggest issue I have with it is there's no way of saying "No I don't ever want to see this intent again" i.e. control the sharing options so I can see a subset
It's not necessarily the interoperability that's the problem, it's just that sometimes she can't do things that seem sensible (like send a photo to the email app), and why are there two calendars and two galleries and whatnot? Choice can be good, but when there is initially little differentiation between options, making choices becomes a burden.