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Apple has airdrop and android has nearby-share or whatever it is called.

And many apps are running their own direct wifi-wifi, tons of ways to do it. No real reason for why it couldn't be native to all devices that exist.

The problem is that airdrop only works with apple devices so that is utterly useless. Nearby-share is equivalently useless.

Hotspot works, but only in some cases. About as convenient as unpacking a laptop and sharing thumb-drives. Which is a pretty embarrassing state of affairs in 2023.



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