Reportedly Quickshare is now compatible with airdrop. I’m 0 for 1 right now. Could have been a skill issue. I was using hotspot at the time, which apparently interferes.
What’s rather ironic is my Linux FOSS setup is more compatible than ever because it can open my students .notes and .pages files, while MS Word couldn’t.
And naturally, I’m proud of using FOSS so I guess I’m proud to be compatible with everything.
I’ve been using OnlyOffice, although I bet LibreOffice can open them too. That doesn’t convert files unless I save, but it doesn’t seem to me up the formatting either. I used to have to bulk convert using a Google drive plugin, which could help for bulk conversation but isn’t a FOSS solution.
Apple does honestly make good hardware. Their transition to ARM had a near zero chance of being successful but Apple managed to pull it off anyway. It’s truly impressive.
But when they fuck up, boy do they go big. The butterfly keyboards were absolutely insane. And don’t get me started on the last years software releases. I can’t practically multitask on my iPad anymore, screen space is wasted on the MacBook in Tahoe and the finder is worse than it’s ever been. Competition is supposed to save us but Microsoft is so smitten with AI they still can’t even get their start menu to work reliably. Meanwhile linux is gaining faster than anyone thought possible. Valve is doing to gaming on Linux what Ubuntu did to teaching neurotypicals how to use Linux.
Windows was mostly the same with ARM too for most people honestly.
In our industry, lots of people got ARM surface laptops (and didn’t even know it was an ARM CPU, except that the software we used had an old version of OpenVPN, which caused a specific issue unless they manually installed as it was a kernel module). The reason the ARM changeover might have seemed seamless, is that developers were likely given priority access to hardware (as what happened with PPC -> Intel)… On Windows there was special hardware for it, and I suspect there was a Arm development kit on MacOS too probably.
People also seem to compare Apple hardware against PC hardware which costs 1/2 the price too. I owned a Power MAC, Mac Pro and Mac Studio. The Mac Pro ram alone cost more than a FASTER PC as the first gen used Fully Buffered ECC RAM.
Developers can optimise for Apple based on whats available though . The other big advantage Apple has is that they mostly control the service process, and, you can’t bite the hand that feeds if you are one, which controls bad press too.
And when they use another architecture, nobody seems to cross compare gaming performance as much, etc, as the biggest MAC sites also tend to be apple “exclusive” sites, and I’m willing to bet the people that operate them are shareholders… Apple have always been behind in graphics performance (and, still are. The M1’s and M2’s didn’t even have hardware raytracing as an example, whilst even the Intel Iris chips did).
However, by the way people talk about Apple, you’d think the M series CPU’s were absolutely smashing PC performance and they were even expecting the M5 chips to compete with the GTX 4080’s a few months ago.
I’d like to hear more about this. I have a theory that as great as USB-C is for consistency, the fact that it shares a connector with Thunderbolt (to say nothing about the different versions of Thunderbolt) introduces a level of uncertainly when looking at a USB-C connector.
it can be a “charge-only” cable (USB 2.0)
it can charge slowly, or quickly
it can be a USB-C cable
it can be Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4.0
it can be active, or passive
it can be Thunderbolt 4
it can be Thunderbolt 5
I’m certainly not trying to discount your experience. I’m sure you ran into significant problems. But in general I continue to believe that the general public may not have the right “flavor” of USB-C cable to do what they are trying to do in a given situation.
The same cables and adapters all worked when I used them on my nuc for the same devices, and they wouldn’t even work with my mouse on the Mac studio.
My suspicion is that the shell of the case is a bit thick (as the port is recessed behind it), so some cables just failed to touch fully. As, some cables felt more snug and clicked into the port better
For the cost of the computer, it damned sure shouldn’t have that issue
Even worse, for the price of the computer, the power button should be on front, not buried on the back. That’s overcomplicating things for the sake of doing so
that isn’t true, i used to use iphone and it had uYou+extras which is basically a modified youtube app with sponsorblock and adblock, and there are other things which are similar, and adguard is also pretty solid
Has more bloatware than samsung and more spyware than facebook. Not the person you talked with first, but I also have a xiaomi and it’s borderline unusable if you don’t use adb to uninstall some of the ad shit. They throw ads on gallery, video player, music player, wallpaper, calculator, file browse.
I wish that was a problem exclusive to the cheaper phones or even xiaomi. I’ve had a Samsung Galaxy S20, it came with so much fucking bullshit apps. My gf and her sister both have a mid-high xiaomi (dunno about the specific model), ads are every-fucking-where.
Octo core, 8GB ram (+8GB “virtual” whatever that means), 1TB storage, Leica optics and a mind blowing 120watt charger (that I rarely use, but when I do… Hold your hat!).
It’s just a very good phone IMO, no bling, but also no specific downside. Maybe the one thing is a not vert good file manager, but I use FX so I don’t really relate.
the other xiaomi user pointed out that its basically just android, with google play services and all, so you’re just any other android user pretty much, right?
“yes all of my personal data is being used by an evil wizard plotting world domination but he has some convenient spells that the bog witch simply does not offer”
I’m proud to be incompatible with Apple
Skill issue. I have LocalSend on all my devices.
Skill my foot. If any of my technology is compatible with Apple tech, I’ll intentionally break it until it isn’t.
So you complain about the walled garden but the wall is actually a moat you dug yourself?
At this point I’m just amazed.
Reportedly Quickshare is now compatible with airdrop. I’m 0 for 1 right now. Could have been a skill issue. I was using hotspot at the time, which apparently interferes.
I believe it only works for a small subset of Pixel devices. At least for now.
works for Samsung Galaxy devices too
I’m with you. People like this are why nobody likes Linux users.
Read the original post again
TBH, IDK what you mean.
OP is not working with their device. They only have a USB stick
The comment I’m replying to isn’t talking about USB, it’s clearly implying interoperability limitations, like AirDrop
What’s rather ironic is my Linux FOSS setup is more compatible than ever because it can open my students .notes and .pages files, while MS Word couldn’t.
And naturally, I’m proud of using FOSS so I guess I’m proud to be compatible with everything.
What are you using for .pages? I have .docx covered but have a backlog I planned to convert someday.
I’ve been using OnlyOffice, although I bet LibreOffice can open them too. That doesn’t convert files unless I save, but it doesn’t seem to me up the formatting either. I used to have to bulk convert using a Google drive plugin, which could help for bulk conversation but isn’t a FOSS solution.
My Mac studio m2 was the only computer I ever had that had compatibility issues with some USB cables
People talk about Apple hardware like it’s incredible, but honestly, no pc manufacturer would make that mistake
Butterfly keyboards. so saying apple is the pinnacle of hardware is stupid. They make dumb decisions just like everyone else.
Apple does honestly make good hardware. Their transition to ARM had a near zero chance of being successful but Apple managed to pull it off anyway. It’s truly impressive.
But when they fuck up, boy do they go big. The butterfly keyboards were absolutely insane. And don’t get me started on the last years software releases. I can’t practically multitask on my iPad anymore, screen space is wasted on the MacBook in Tahoe and the finder is worse than it’s ever been. Competition is supposed to save us but Microsoft is so smitten with AI they still can’t even get their start menu to work reliably. Meanwhile linux is gaining faster than anyone thought possible. Valve is doing to gaming on Linux what Ubuntu did to teaching neurotypicals how to use Linux.
Western tech gave up.
Windows was mostly the same with ARM too for most people honestly.
In our industry, lots of people got ARM surface laptops (and didn’t even know it was an ARM CPU, except that the software we used had an old version of OpenVPN, which caused a specific issue unless they manually installed as it was a kernel module). The reason the ARM changeover might have seemed seamless, is that developers were likely given priority access to hardware (as what happened with PPC -> Intel)… On Windows there was special hardware for it, and I suspect there was a Arm development kit on MacOS too probably.
People also seem to compare Apple hardware against PC hardware which costs 1/2 the price too. I owned a Power MAC, Mac Pro and Mac Studio. The Mac Pro ram alone cost more than a FASTER PC as the first gen used Fully Buffered ECC RAM.
Developers can optimise for Apple based on whats available though . The other big advantage Apple has is that they mostly control the service process, and, you can’t bite the hand that feeds if you are one, which controls bad press too.
And when they use another architecture, nobody seems to cross compare gaming performance as much, etc, as the biggest MAC sites also tend to be apple “exclusive” sites, and I’m willing to bet the people that operate them are shareholders… Apple have always been behind in graphics performance (and, still are. The M1’s and M2’s didn’t even have hardware raytracing as an example, whilst even the Intel Iris chips did).
However, by the way people talk about Apple, you’d think the M series CPU’s were absolutely smashing PC performance and they were even expecting the M5 chips to compete with the GTX 4080’s a few months ago.
I’d like to hear more about this. I have a theory that as great as USB-C is for consistency, the fact that it shares a connector with Thunderbolt (to say nothing about the different versions of Thunderbolt) introduces a level of uncertainly when looking at a USB-C connector.
I’m certainly not trying to discount your experience. I’m sure you ran into significant problems. But in general I continue to believe that the general public may not have the right “flavor” of USB-C cable to do what they are trying to do in a given situation.
It’s nothing to do with the standard I believe
The same cables and adapters all worked when I used them on my nuc for the same devices, and they wouldn’t even work with my mouse on the Mac studio.
My suspicion is that the shell of the case is a bit thick (as the port is recessed behind it), so some cables just failed to touch fully. As, some cables felt more snug and clicked into the port better
For the cost of the computer, it damned sure shouldn’t have that issue
Even worse, for the price of the computer, the power button should be on front, not buried on the back. That’s overcomplicating things for the sake of doing so
Reminds me of the original iPhone and the 3.5mm audio jack that was too “deep” for normal headphones.
It’s rather Apple who is incompatible with the rest of the world. Any other bluetooth device can transfer files with other bluetooth devices.
Why?
apple is still better than google tbh
i use grapheneOS but its just the truth
I dunno, isn’t it kinda pointless to compare a stroke with brain cancer? Sure, you can have preferences, but they’re both horrible.
yes, very true, and well put
Nah. Ad blocking is shit. There’s no revanced or morphe or whatnot. Many things are better, but too many things are worse.
that isn’t true, i used to use iphone and it had uYou+extras which is basically a modified youtube app with sponsorblock and adblock, and there are other things which are similar, and adguard is also pretty solid
wHaTaBoUt
what kind of phone do you have
Xiaomi 😎
how do you like it?
Has more bloatware than samsung and more spyware than facebook. Not the person you talked with first, but I also have a xiaomi and it’s borderline unusable if you don’t use adb to uninstall some of the ad shit. They throw ads on gallery, video player, music player, wallpaper, calculator, file browse.
sounds pretty bad, is it compatible with android apps?
it’s android, so it’s fully compatible
Did you get one of the really cheap ones? I have heard they are cheap for a reason (e.g. they get the money from elsewhere, AKA selling you).
I wish that was a problem exclusive to the cheaper phones or even xiaomi. I’ve had a Samsung Galaxy S20, it came with so much fucking bullshit apps. My gf and her sister both have a mid-high xiaomi (dunno about the specific model), ads are every-fucking-where.
Octo core, 8GB ram (+8GB “virtual” whatever that means), 1TB storage, Leica optics and a mind blowing 120watt charger (that I rarely use, but when I do… Hold your hat!).
It’s just a very good phone IMO, no bling, but also no specific downside. Maybe the one thing is a not vert good file manager, but I use FX so I don’t really relate.
the other xiaomi user pointed out that its basically just android, with google play services and all, so you’re just any other android user pretty much, right?
Correct.
Would love to have a bare Linux on it for sure though. I’d use it as my main PC lol.
Google automatically screens and blocks spam calls. That alone is enough for me to put it above Apple.
“yes all of my personal data is being used by an evil wizard plotting world domination but he has some convenient spells that the bog witch simply does not offer”
iOS does this too
pure copium
why would it be copium when i dont even use apple bruh