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Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Airdrop is the “blue bubble” thing where I am. When we’re traveling to poor signal areas (hiking, scuba diving, etc) the iPhone folks share the pictures they took with Airdrop. The Android folks just need to wait for it in whatsapp. And until recently, those pics in whatsapp are compressed to heck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It just means you are around more iphone folks than android. If roles were reversed, android users could share photos using nearby share, or even nfc which is at least a decade old by now, and neither is compatible with ios.

Why not use Bluetooth?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Android also has "airdrop". It's called "nearby share". Works weekly l exactly the same way so there's no need to WhatsApp it. You can share it right there with all android users.

Look on your phone settings. There's also going to be a nearby share quick toggle if you want to turn it on and off manually.

Also press "share" on a photo and nearby share will be an option. Press it and try it out and learn it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I’m not saying the feature doesn’t exist. I’m just saying that is what happening around me. Even though our community doesn’t use imessage, Android is still the red haired stepchild.