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File transfer
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 6 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with File transfer, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Transferring files between two machines is hard at the OS level, abstracted away from users2026-07-12
- Error modal appears at end of process and auto-accepts on Enter, losing failure information2026-01-04
- Transferring files between Mac and Android was a pain, so the commenter built a workaround2023-12-09
- Copying files from computer to phone takes too many steps and requirements2023-02-15
- Sending a file between devices needs cables, servers, or a round trip through the cloud2019-11-04
- Transferring files across platforms is a huge pain; needs typing addresses and running a server2017-11-21