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I have an iPad (my only Apple device right now) and I'm overall happy with it, but:

* I can't send a picture from Android to iPad OS when I don't have internet: iPad can't receive images over Bluetooth.

* I can't send videos from my Windows10 to the iPad with a simple USB cable without installing iTunes or some other bloated software that I don't (or shouldn't) need. I am not sure how to easily send +100GBs of video otherwise (suggestions appreciated).

It is so sad that this hostile lack of features are an intended thing for such an expensive and "advanced" device, and that my only hope is that EU will threaten with some anti-competitive fine for Apple to do the sane things that would benefit consumers.

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> iPad can't receive images over Bluetooth

Christ. We were sharing images over Bluetooth between mobile phones when I was a teenager in about 2005.

We were sharing pictures using infrared links before that. It sucks, 90% of the time it doesn’t work properly and if it works it’s extremely slow.

That’s why people share their pictures on WhatsApp, Snapchat or whatever.

Apple isn’t going to implement a service if the experience sucks, they’ll implement an alternative that doesn’t suck. Sometimes it’s limited to their ecosystem and sometimes it isn’t. If you don’t like it, use one of the alternatives.

> I can't send a picture from Android to iPad OS when I don't have internet: iPad can't receive images over Bluetooth.

There’s an app for that ;)

> I can't send videos from my Windows10 to the iPad with a simple USB cable without installing iTunes or some other bloated software

There’s simple apps for that too ;)

In the same amount of time it took you type up this comment you could’ve found solutions using your favorite search engine.

Here’s a “free” search term to try:

‘copying videos to ipad without itunes’

> There’s an app for that ;)

My specific case was that I didn't have access to internet at that moment, but I hoped that I could transfer with Bluetooth just like I did many years ago with simpler devices.

> In the same amount of time it took you type up this comment you could’ve found solutions using your favorite search engine.

>Here’s a “free” search term to try:

>‘copying videos to ipad without itunes’

I remember trying and not finding anything meaningful. I will for sure try again if you're saying there are ways, but just telling me to search online instead of giving some solution brings me back to the same starting point that I was the first time I tried.

Whatever happened to "it just works"? Now it's "here's some search terms to try, do your own research. it's your fault for not anticipating the shortcomings of iOS and macOS!"

The EU will not ‘threaten with some anti-competitive fine’ because Apple doesn’t allow you to send 100 gigabytes of videos to your device without installing the tool they give you for free to allow you to do that.

If you want that kind of experience, get an Android tablet. Or a Surface tablet. You can, because there is competition.

You're right.

However, similar to how EU started requiring all smartphones to have the same connector, I would be nice if all smartphones / tables / "generic media devices" were required to support simple file transfer via cable with major OS, without requiring additional vendor specific software.

It's possible that I'm unaware of technical aspects of storage systems today that would make this impossible, but I'd be happy to learn more about this.

I also was completely unaware that iPad didn't allow for such simple file transfers when I bought it, nor the Bluetooth limitation. I don't know up to which point is the user expected to verify basic features that have been widely available for decades before buying a product because the vendor decided not to add it.

I presume you are also unaware that although ‘the EU started requiring all smartphones to have the same connector’ iPhones still charge using a lightning cable?

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