17
EU set to block AWDL and force Apple to replace with Wi-Fi Aware
(www.ditto.com)
For context AWDL is responsible for AirDrop, AirPlay, etc
“Apple shall implement the measures for Wi-Fi Aware 4.0 in the next major iOS release, i.e. iOS 19, at the latest, and for Wi-Fi Aware 5.0 in the next iOS release at the latest nine months following the introduction of the Wi-Fi Aware 5.0 specification”
https://ec.europa.eu/competition/digital_markets_act/cases/202512/DMA_100203_1536.pdf
What are your guys thoughts?
Also a fun diagram of airdrop protocal (which shows adwl)
I am in the US so no idea is this will carry over and effect me here. I left android fully in 2023. I was using an iPad for work since 2018, and I never remember anything on Android working as well as AirDrop does on iOS/macos/tvos. Which was part of why I left Android.
If this WiFi aware works as well as airdrop I am down, but I have a feeling it will not.
@nokturne213 @Deemo @apple_enthusiast there is room to criticize Apple, particularly under Cook, but their stuff just works mostly the way it should.