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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: 0s | source
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isoprophlex ◴[16 Nov 25 06:17 UTC] No.45943174[source]▶
From a bit further down the page

> Bluetooth DID (Device Identification) Hook > Turns out, if you change the manufacturerid to that of Apple, you get access to several special features!

I hope Apple gets slammed hard by some regulatory body. Apparently there's absolutely zero magic reasons why their airpods are unable to connect to non-Apple devices; pretend you're an iPhone and you're in.

EDIT: read "unable to connect" => "unable to expose advanced functionality", ofc they connect just fine

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asteroidburger ◴[16 Nov 25 07:28 UTC] No.45943389[source]▶
The referenced Bluetooth bug on the Github readme seems like a pretty good reason. "We don't want to work around or deal with the bugs on other platforms" seems like a reasonable position.
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1. dzikimarian ◴[16 Nov 25 13:38 UTC] No.45945059[source]▶
This bug prevents injecting magic handshake that enables all features. It wouldn't be relevant if Apple didn't block these features in the first place.

Btw it's not some magic feature set they spent years to research. Sub $60 Soundcores have most of them if not all.