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AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

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1424 points moonleay | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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moonleay ◴[16 Nov 25 00:02 UTC] No.45941605[source]▶
A cool project, when you want to use AirPods outside of Apples ecosystem. Sadly, you have to use a rooted android device with a small patch due to a bug in the Android Bluetooth implementation. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/371713238
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jmgao ◴[16 Nov 25 03:12 UTC] No.45942451[source]▶
It doesn't seem obvious to me that this is actually a bug in the Android implementation, it seems like this is due to AirPods violating the spec and requiring a special handshake before responding to standard requests. It doesn't seem reasonable to expect Android to work around a device that appears to be intentionally breaking the spec for vendor lock-in purposes: the possibility of them just OTAing an update that breaks in some other way means that you'd have to be entirely bug compatible with iOS's bluetooth implementation.
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a13n ◴[16 Nov 25 04:20 UTC] No.45942736[source]▶
is there evidence it’s for vendor lock in purposes? airpods have a pretty stellar connection for bluetooth, wouldn’t be surprised if there were performance reasons for them going off spec
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indentit ◴[16 Nov 25 04:50 UTC] No.45942851[source]▶
Specifications are there for a reason... Why use Bluetooth at all if they don't actually use it properly?
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1. binkHN ◴[16 Nov 25 06:05 UTC] No.45943123[source]▶
This is Microsoft's playbook from many years ago: embrace, extend, extinguish.