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Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL

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223 points stusmall | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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lawlessone ◴[28 Mar 25 15:58 UTC] No.43506997[source]▶
>A quietly published EU interoperability roadmap mandates Apple support Wi-Fi Aware 4.0 in iOS 19 and v5.0,1 thereafter, essentially forcing AWDL into retirement.

Whats stopping Apple from doing both?

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0x457 ◴[28 Mar 25 16:18 UTC] No.43507195[source]▶
Nothing, but since Apple is the only user of AWDL and WiFi Aware makes it redundant, why support both (in long term)?
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1. pmontra ◴[28 Mar 25 22:40 UTC] No.43510640[source]▶
Because they could want to offer WiFi Aware in the EU and AWDL anywhere else, even in the long term. And switch back to AWDL everywhere if the EU stops mandating interoperability some day in the future.