Gregory's ServerPhone Link is Microsoft's late and closed source alternative to KDE Connect. It requires you sign in to a Microsoft Account for it to work.
This means all the transactions between your phone and your PC are monitored and sucked up by Microsoft.
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@kde That's an improvement over their service agreement from 2007: https://patrick.georgi.family/2007/11/07/reasons-not-to-use-windows-live/   @kde no connect at all is the better option. Why does anyone need a connected account? @kde I never knew KDE Connect existed on Windows, that's so nice! @kde Please add to KDE Connect the ability to make calls from your computer and transfer them to your phone if you wish. That's the only thing holding me back from switching from Microsoft Phone Link to my work Windows laptop  Kde connect became an important tool here and luckily I still could use it when I had to transition to mac.. <3 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I can't force Phone Link to run through Tailscale making a mess of my networking even more :neocat_evil_3c:   KDE Connect also runs on more operating systems. It’s worth mentioning to friends who run Windows. @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social KDE connect es ya un buque insignia de la conectividad para los amantes del #softwarelibre y si no es por KDE ni sabríamos que Gates ha sacado una nueva basura al mercado. KDE Connect is one of the most useful app on my phone, and I can’t believe I went as long as I did without knowing about it  @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Which, funny enough, is Precisely Why I run KDE Connect. Also, I don't let my androids fraternize with Windows machines, I'd have to boil them all later because, ew. @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social looks like they just want all our data... never enough! Windows is turning into another spyware  KDE Connect and Phone Link only have partial feature overlap. I prefer KDE Connect but to claim that either is a proper alternative for the other is wrong, unless I missed that KDE Connect supports casting the phone’s screen to PCs and launching phone apps from there.  @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social On one hand, *lame!!* Die in a fire, copycats on the other hand, *cool!* it's not my imagination that kdeconnect is the best phone app ever. thank you to all involved!! ❤️ @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I only stumbled onto KDE connect in f-droid about a month ago. It's the fastest way to transfer large files from device to device. I just wish I could show my phone screen on my old tablet. @felichsdakatze@mastodon.social @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I wonder if KDE connect could leverage the way Syncthing does device discovery and pairing It works across networks, with no configuration Interesting that they bothered to make this considering KDE Connect already works on Windows  @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I use KDE connect (always connected) and #LocalSend sometimes #plainapp depends on my need and mood. Does the job and reliable than link(I've used it, bad experience). |
Just in case you hadn't read the terrifying conditions you agree to when you sign up for a Microsoft Account, here are two of the more relevant paragraphs.
So, yeah... KDE Connect is still the better option.
https://kdeconnect.kde.org/