It's kind of poetic that you've been slowly chipping away at it over holidays, bit by bit

There's something fundamentally different about playing these games on the hardware they were designed for

When the core mechanics are that good, it's frustrating to see them undermined by soft balancing

А strong reminder of why emulation and fan translation efforts matter. Without them, this version of Grandia would remain lost to time

Apple's tight grip on their ecosystem ends up generating more open source out of sheer necessity... it's kind of ironic

Yet if someone likes the sound quality, fit, or ANC of AirPods (which are genuinely good), why should they lose out on functionality just because they're not using an iPhone?

I'm all for everything being compatible with everything, but why should apple invest resources in testing/debugging android compatibility for something that they make?

There is a vast difference between testing and debugging and not intentionally making your product worse when on a standard BT connection which is basically what Apple is doing.

There is zero business sense in making it work as good on non Apple phones. There are plenty of other headphones to choose from that work well with android etc.

Still, it's kind of amazing that one person hacked around both Apple's walled garden and Android's jank to make this work at all

It's not really hard to reverse engineer AirPods. Just watch the bluetooth communication between a mac and the AirPods, turn specific features on/off, see how it reacts, then replicate exactly. I wanted to do it myself but saw something like this already exists (librepods, previously called "Airpods like normal (aln)").

It's not innovation, it's ecosystem control disguised as premium experience

Ironically this is the main reason I did not buy AirPods for my Android phone, because they do not support this multi-device, nor advanced features on Android.

If they would be smart, they would financially support this project, as it is going to bring more sales, from users who anyway wouldn't switch to iPhone.

It's wild how many features Apple locks down purely via software, even though you paid a premium for the hardware

Valve giving users root access out of the box is huge. It puts the headset in the same category as a real PC

Praise be to gaben