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[-] baatliwala@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

... how do you expect a cross-device feature to work locally? 0_o

[-] steel_for_humans@piefed.social 3 points 9 hours ago

Like KDE Connect which uses only the local network.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 8 points 13 hours ago

P2P, you're very likely already in the same network and/or have a bluetooth connection established.

[-] baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Not counting audio I connect across my devices via Bluetooth maybe once every 3-4 years lol. I don't even think I've ever connected my laptop to my phone. Not to mention even at home I'm not always connected to the same network, for eg one part of my house I don't get wifi properly so might be on mobile data on my phone. I don't think using P2P is particularly noob friendly.

[-] Yaky@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 hours ago

Apple's AirDrop (direct WiFi connection) is pretty noob-friendly though.

Android had "Android Beam" via NFC forever ago, too.

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