From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote at 03:16 this Friday (GMT):   
   > People in the US like to make fun of the seemingly endless   
   > bureaucratic hurdles that the EU Governments keep putting in the way   
   > of US companies looking to make a quick buck. You know, having to   
   > worry about boring things like “privacy” and “interoperability” and   
   > “security”, that kind of thing. Oh, and maintaining free-market   
   > competition -- imagine lecturing the USA about how to achieve that!   
   >   
   > But every now and then, this endless stream of new regulations hits   
   > the jackpot. Like how Google is suddenly able to offer full two-way   
   > compatibility with Apple’s formerly-proprietary “AirDrop” feature for   
   > exchanging files between mobile devices -- the file exchange is done   
   > directly, peer-to-peer, without going through any central servers.   
   >   
   > It’s all down to the fact that the EU forced Apple to move away from   
   > the completely proprietary low-level radio protocol it was originally   
   > using for AirDrop, towards something that was more amenable to exactly   
   > the sort of reverse-engineering of the higher-level protocol that   
   > Google did.   
   >   
   > Of course Apple did also contribute work towards the new standard,   
   > just as it did with USB Type-C; it’s better to be seen to be   
   > cooperating with inevitability, rather than futilely trying to fight   
   > it tooth and nail.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   I wouldn't be suprised if they region lock it to the EU, like they did   
   with the whole custom app store issue.   
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