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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIsnt that what QuickShare and Airdrop solves?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoQuickShare, AirDrop and LocalSend all use WiFi, which can be a problem when using a VPN (it is for me).
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoRight but turning the VPN off invalidates the purpose of using a VPN. And even if it didn’t, it’s not convenient to disable on both devices and then turn it back on. The whole purpose of this software is convenience.
minus-squareantlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAirdrop is two people at a time. Say we had a group of 8 people I don’t want to do 7 air drop exchanges to get all the photos.
Isnt that what QuickShare and Airdrop solves?
And LocalSend
QuickShare, AirDrop and LocalSend all use WiFi, which can be a problem when using a VPN (it is for me).
Turn it off temporarily?
Right but turning the VPN off invalidates the purpose of using a VPN. And even if it didn’t, it’s not convenient to disable on both devices and then turn it back on. The whole purpose of this software is convenience.
Airdrop is two people at a time. Say we had a group of 8 people I don’t want to do 7 air drop exchanges to get all the photos.