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Re:Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this st... by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:17AM (#33331740)
This is the only thing that Bluetooth consistently works for. I can send files between my laptop and my feature phone, and other people's laptops, and other people's phones… It's more reliable than email.

Bluetooth doesn't consistently work for connecting I/O devices to my computer, though. Only peer-to-peer file transfer.

Re:Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this st... by capableweb on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:24AM (#33331850)
Bluetooth almost got me 100% there as well! Until I discovered that Apple devices don't support sending/receiving files via Bluetooth. But at least it covers about 80% of the devices I own and doesn't rely on external services like most other options people wrote about as a reply.
Re:Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this st... by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:33AM (#33331976)
Macbooks do; there's an app called Bluetooth File Exchange. Most people I know with iPhones have macOS laptops, too, so I can send to that.
Re:Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this st... by capableweb on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @02:31PM (#33334417)
Ah, sadly the 20% in the amount I wrote about above is one iPhone that won't play nice with the Bluetooth coverage I have at home with other devices :/