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If only there was a way for the OS to distinguish input devices from output devices...



They would have to have categories for Bluetooth devices such as human interface devices like keyboards (let's call them "HID"s) and audio devices. I dunno, seems like a lot of hard-to-implement monkey business.


Linux definitely does this. What different DEs do with it is sometimes suspect. But BT keyboard definitely wakes my GNOME environment, while it does not stay connected to my headphones.


I can't say with 100% certainty, but I'm highly confident that GP is mocking Apple's implementation. HID has been a standard for a long time and is already widely available on every platform.


Oh, I am absolutely 100% mocking Apple's implementation. I have a house full of Apple gear, but that doesn't prevent me from shaking my head from time to time when I come across boneheaded stuff like this.


I wish I could turn this off. I keep bumping the mouse and waking my desktop which then takes a while to suspend again. But for some reason it’s not configurable.


Like the categories they use to show a headphone, keyboard or mouse icon next to a device in the Bluetooth menu?


yes, but with some method for programmatically reading the icon so they can know what type it is


Machine learning would make that task fairly trivial. Much like the TV show Silicon Valley, but instead of "not hotdog", "not headphone" and then treat it like a keyboard.




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