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panzagllast Friday at 7:27 PM1 replyview on HN

Thanks for linking this, I would not have expected this usage (more from the iPad side being locked down) and it has inspired some thought.


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walterbelllast Friday at 7:49 PM

It can be used to mirror content for offline viewing, e.g. share sheet sends URL to iOS shortcut, which uses SSH to send yt-dlp or wget archive command line to Linux sidecar, which has microSD storage (more capacity, lower cost/GB). Linux can host WebDAV/CalDAV and SFTP content for iPad apps and media players.