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Localsend is great, I use it a lot for random stuff!

Operating system makers would rather sell you a subscription to OneDrive, iCloud, or Google Drive.

Solution I've been using for a while is KDE Connect. Works on windows, linux, android

I was using it for a while, then something somewhere broke (now it's unable to pair). I haven't really looked into it again since.

Not anymore with this?

It was easy for all of 6 or 7 months on android until someone at google realised their quick share feature prevented them from getting your data and subscription money and proceeded to immediately shoot themselves in the foot.

thank konqi for kde connect.

Wait, what happened to quick share?

It's being limited

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-quick-share-removin...

(I wonder if this is a demand from the Chinese state, because when Apple modified airdrop it was because protestors were using it to spread ... well read https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/apple-limits-i... )