What do you actually use to move files between your phone and laptop? (I built an alternative)
Hey everyone 👋
Quick bit of background: I lost count of how many times I've emailed a file to myself, or uploaded a video to Drive and waited for it to come back down, just to move something from my phone to my laptop. AirDrop solved this beautifully — for people who live entirely inside Apple. The moment there's an Android phone or a Windows PC in the room, everyone's back to the cloud.
So I've been building Likz Drop — basically AirDrop for every device. Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone. Files go straight device-to-device over Wi-Fi (no cloud, no size limit, end-to-end encrypted), nearby devices just show up, and it even works fully offline between two phones with no router or internet. If the other person doesn't have the app, you send them a browser link.
It's close to launch and I'd genuinely rather get it right with real users than launch into the void — so I wanted to ask you all:
How do you move files between your own devices today? (AirDrop / Quick Share / cloud / cable / cursed email-to-self?)
What's the single most annoying file-transfer moment you keep running into?
Is offline phone-to-phone transfer something you'd actually use, or an edge case for you?
Not trying to pitch — I mostly want to know where the real pain is so I build the right thing. Happy to share early access if anyone wants to kick the tires. What am I missing?
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