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I didn’t follow that either from the README and I read the README before coming to the comments.

I have only used AirPods on iPhone and didn’t realize there were special features.

Therefore like most I had zero context.

Did the subheading "AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem." and the first line of body text "LibrePods allows you to use AirPods features that are exclusive to Apple devices." not provide the required context? Or at least strongly hint that there is context that iPhone-only AirPods users might not know - and for whom this project is probably irrelevant?

No, it did not. I found the link interesting like anything else open source. Will I use it? No. But I didn’t pick up on any of what you said. I thought they reverse engineered AirPods so they can work on Android, Linux etc

Not that they can already be used on other platforms as just Bluetooth devices (nor did I know that there were special Apple only features because it’s not widely known that those feature are Apple only)

Apparently too many people on this forum of "clever" people think "exclusive" means the whole functionality of Airpods, including audio, is restricted to Apple devices...

A limitation that would make a lot of economic sense for Apple to do!

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