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Re:Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to A... by kennywinker on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @11:10AM (#47935725)
Except 20% of the time it just doesn’t work. Hardly an advantage if most people default to texting because of airdrop’s failure rate
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Re:Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to A... by hahamaster on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @12:56PM (#47937144)
Agreed. It's been like that for years.
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Re:Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to A... by gregoriol on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @07:12AM (#47946720)
We have been using AWDL intensely (not via AirDrop but Network.framework) for 6+ years and it fails less than 5% of the time. It's pretty impressive for a non-connected link between devices. The most common problems we face are very high device density places (100+ device in 30sqm space) and device wandering out of reach quickly (sometime as low as 5m).
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