A new mandate from the EU may force Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay, among other features, to Android and other platforms.

EU regulation has led to Apple being forced to open up iOS in ways that many never expected, but it’s not done just yet. In an effort to ensure “effective interoperability” with other platforms, the EU wants Apple to make native features of iOS being compatible with Android, including the likes of AirDrop and more.

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    932·
    18 hours ago

    I thought competition was about HAVING features that differentiate you from the others; Not forcing everyone to give their good ideas to everyone else?

    • lengau@midwest.socialEnglish
      111·
      8 hours ago

      If the fuel for your car were specifically tied to the manufacturer, would that increase or decrease competition?

        • lengau@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          That’s avoiding the question. It also ignores the fact that there are already multiple competing implementations that are also better than standard Bluetooth file sharing, but that Apple’s walled Garden prevents several of them from being usable on Apple’s devices, so if you’re taking that approach then you’re trading off one method of Apple being anticompetitive for another.

          • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
            11·
            1 hour ago

            I agree that Apple should allow standard Bluetooth or wifi-based file sharing and streaming available to all, on its devices. What I disagree with, is the idea that Apple should make t he proprietary optimizations that it created for Airplay and air sharing freely available.

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      91·
      8 hours ago

      When something is subject to the network effect, competition requires interoperability. This applies almost universally to technical standards.

      • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
        38·
        8 hours ago

        It sounds like you are providing a reasoned explanation of ideas, rather than just downvoting me. That can’t be right, can it?

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      233·
      18 hours ago

      File sharing using bluetooth and wifi are not Apple’s ideas.

      • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
        23·
        5 hours ago

        you are correct, they are not, however, Apple‘s optimization and the mechanisms underpinning how those actually function is significantly different and superior to the regular file sharing that you’re describing. I am not making this information up. You can verify this yourself. I can provide some citations if you wish. And yes, I was foolish to post my comment in an android community.

        • Giorgsen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          You can’t share videos via Bluetooth from iOS to Android because Apple things. There’s currently no way to send a video form an iPhone to Pixel directly. And using online sharing platforms always compresses videos.

          I don’t see how anyone can defend this in any way