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Rule of Big Tech (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Exusia@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] zzx@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I mean honestly:

A) Bluetooth spec is insane

B) Audio requires a driver write

All I'm saying is it's not exactly "easy", like I don't think they're intentionally blocking this for anti competitive reasons, I bet it's more so cost of development, with an added benefit of driving purchases of proprietary accessories. Bluetooth is a terrible stack that's super difficult to implement

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 16 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure the controllers connect over bluetooth already

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

That's correct!

[-] zzx@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

So having enough of the Bluetooth stack implemented to do a controller is very different than having the audio portions of the Bluetooth stack implemented as well. It's not a "one and done solution", it's more like a big mess