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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by jeroenhd on Friday November 21, 2025 @10:10AM (#46005293)
They weren't specifically required to drop AWDL, they were just required to implement WiFi-Aware in such a manner that neither technology had an advantage.

In theory Apple could've maintained both, but that seems like a waste of development time to me.

I doubt they would've had to implement any specific protocol if they had just opened up AWDL, but I suppose they'd rather keep that closed to maintain the ability to guard their walled garden in non-EU devices.

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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by cowsandmilk on Friday November 21, 2025 @10:59AM (#46005694)
> In theory Apple could've maintained both, but that seems like a waste of development time to me.

They need Airdrop to work with phones who haven’t upgraded, so doesn’t feel like a waste to me. And they already have working AWDL code, so it’s just maintenance, probably not a ton of work.

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