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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: 0.197s | source
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WD-42 ◴[16 Nov 25 02:09 UTC] No.45942152[source]▶
Cool project, not cool that it needs to exist. Apple isn’t only content to leech off OSS software, they have to force the existence of more of it to workaround what they closed off.
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blackqueeriroh ◴[16 Nov 25 02:21 UTC] No.45942216[source]▶
Uhhhh, Apple donates a ton of code to OSS
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WD-42 ◴[16 Nov 25 02:29 UTC] No.45942261[source]▶
When the license legally compels them to, and sometimes not even then.
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dagmx ◴[16 Nov 25 05:03 UTC] No.45942905[source]▶
An incomplete list here but most aren’t a license that compels them to contribute anything.

https://opensource.apple.com/projects/

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ece ◴[16 Nov 25 07:10 UTC] No.45943346[source]▶
I think it's fair to say Apple's cross platform work is a couple of Android and PC apps, the Mac boot loader, and Swift. Even on this page, Apple seems more like a user of the community projects than a contributor and the Apple projects seem to be for internal use or for Apple platforms. Kind of misses the point in being cross platform the way librepod is aiming to be.
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dagmx ◴[16 Nov 25 07:43 UTC] No.45943439[source]▶
That’s not what this particular thread is about, you’re referencing the parent topic but not the current thread.

This is about whether they contribute to open source or not.

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ece ◴[16 Nov 25 16:18 UTC] No.45946191[source]▶
Contributing to open source isn't a substitute for having cross platform products, features and support.
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1. dagmx ◴[16 Nov 25 18:12 UTC] No.45947105[source]▶
Again, I repeat, not what this thread is about.