> Nowadays if you are on android you touch the phones together and the file is sent by "magic"
Well this magic is actually mostly BT, because not every phone is Wi-fi direct capable.
> and if you are on iOS you send an email
That's exactly what parent is talking about, this is a "workaround" and not even admissible in all situations.
For example, I wanted to print a photo last year on a photo printer in a store, you transfer the file there via BT, select size, then you pay the photo at the counter. After 5 years of Android, I wanted to try out the other side. Sadly I found out that the iPhone doesn't allow that, so I had to email my Android carrying friend the photo and he did it in couple seconds.
Also I'd notice that as a user I do care how my data is transferred, specially because every business nowadays wants to offer their computer to serve as the mediator for that - a.k.a. the cloud.
So no thanks, I'd rather use a protocol which sends the data locally in the vicinity, instead of shipping it around the globe or buying into proprietary ways of doing that.
Well this magic is actually mostly BT, because not every phone is Wi-fi direct capable.
> and if you are on iOS you send an email
That's exactly what parent is talking about, this is a "workaround" and not even admissible in all situations.
For example, I wanted to print a photo last year on a photo printer in a store, you transfer the file there via BT, select size, then you pay the photo at the counter. After 5 years of Android, I wanted to try out the other side. Sadly I found out that the iPhone doesn't allow that, so I had to email my Android carrying friend the photo and he did it in couple seconds.
Also I'd notice that as a user I do care how my data is transferred, specially because every business nowadays wants to offer their computer to serve as the mediator for that - a.k.a. the cloud.
So no thanks, I'd rather use a protocol which sends the data locally in the vicinity, instead of shipping it around the globe or buying into proprietary ways of doing that.