Excuse my ignorance but why are there so many solutions like this? Especially if they aren't intercompatible (which I'm assuming they're not)

Because none of them actually match the capabilities of AirDrop, since they essentially require controlling the full stack (UI, low-level networking including Bluetooth for discoverability, Wi-Fi peer to peer connections without dropping any existing infrastructure connection etc.)

Many have tried, I don't think anyone has succeeded.

Supposedly the EU interoperability mandate will make this possible going forward, though? (The tricky part is usually not getting your device to speak some protocol, but to get Apple devices to actually respond to your attempts.)

Exciting. Another Pelican post.

It's silly and a joke and a surprisingly good benchmark and don't take it seriously but don't take not taking it seriously seriously and if it's too good we use another prompt and there's obvious ways to better it and it's not worth doing because it's not serious and if you say anything at all about the thread it's off-topic so you're doing exactly what you're complaining about and it's a personal attack from the fun police.

Only coherent move at this point: hit the minus button immediately. There's never anything about the model in the thread other than simon's post.

See if you can spot what's interesting and unique about this one. I've been trying to put more than just a pelican in there, partly as a nod to people who are getting bored of them.

Spoken like someone who has never used a haptic trackpad.

It's only humorous if you live in an American bubble. Knowledge sharing has always been a part of Chinese culture. Only Americans try to make it proprietary and monetize it.

"I would rather spend the user's money than my engineer's time"

Only in America.

Not like I like the UAE (I don't), but during this war they made it plenty clear that it is illegal to record and share any videos or pictures of the damage that was caused by the Iranian attacks. Everyone in the country knows this, and I'm sure airlines have procedures to familiarize staff with the laws of the country they're flying to. If they don't, still not the UAE's problem. Don't like the law? Go somewhere else.

(inb4 any arm chair analyst decides this law is a bad law. That's not the point. The police only apply the law and not write it)

Secondly, I doubt this was some sort of high tech operation. More likely someone just snitched and/or some sort of meta data snooping.

Think of it in percentage savings.

Probably most are overpaying.

Cloud used to be marketed for scalability. "Netflix can scale up when people are watching, and scale down at night".

Then the blogosphere and astroturfing got everyone else on board. How can $5 on amazon get you less than what you got from almost any VPS (VDS) provider 10 years ago?