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Re:Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is wri... by eecc on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:51PM (#26673860)
Fine, but you're rationalizing living with poor execution. I'm rationalizing with deep (perhaps goldplating) correctness.
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Re:Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is wri... by azernik on Friday April 02, 2021 @09:14PM (#26677583)
I'm not "rationalizing", and neither are you.

You're arguing that it's not enough to make a correct implementation, but that it's also important to break compatibility with incorrect implementations.

I'm arguing that a better implementation that is compatible with current protocols is strictly better than a better implementation that is not Bluetooth-compatible.

If you make a piece of hardware that is good (e.g. doesn't randomly crash and need to be rebooted by the kernel), why is it a bad thing for it to try to connect to some flaky BT headset?

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