U.K. consumer rights group 'Which?' is filing a legal claim against Apple under competition law on behalf of some 40 million users of iCloud, its cloud
Imagine you want to store your iPhone backups on Dropbox, Google drive, or whatever. They’re just files, should be simple right? Well, since they lack the access/apis necessary to facilitate this, you’re required to have icloud storage if you want phone backups. These include far more than just photos/etc. Idk how I feel about it other than the obvious “I think choice is healthy, apple is capable of designing system compatibility, and I would like to have more choice even if I’m not inclined to leverage it.”
Imagine you want to store your iPhone backups on Dropbox, Google drive, or whatever. They’re just files, should be simple right? Well, since they lack the access/apis necessary to facilitate this, you’re required to have icloud storage if you want phone backups. These include far more than just photos/etc. Idk how I feel about it other than the obvious “I think choice is healthy, apple is capable of designing system compatibility, and I would like to have more choice even if I’m not inclined to leverage it.”