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thwarted on Aug 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What killed the Linux desktop

Why can't Apple support MTP? Linux gets cited for lack of hardware or protocol support (MTP to an Android device works fine in Linux, btw), but it's not Apple's fault when they can't or don't provide drivers for common, standardized consumer electronics?

jlgreco on Aug 30, 2012 | [–]

It seems fairly obvious that the reason is that facts which do not fit the narrative are not talked about. Confirmation bias in action.

teach on Sept 4, 2012 | [–]

MTP does not work fine in Linux (specifically, Ubuntu 12.04). You can read the files but not write arbitrary files into arbitrary folders.

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