It’s facing similar action in the US.

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    “Apple does not allow users to back up their data via third-party storage providers.” — don’t know if I agree with that statement. You can back it up locally via iTunes and then sync the folder with whatever provider you want. It’s not as easy but it’s certainly doable. I used to run that way for the longest time before I said fuck it and moved to iCloud.

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      20 days ago

      Why would one have to connect to other Apple service to back up the data to another provider? Sounds like intentional anticompetitive friction.

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    Can’t they just allow apps to read the local files? It doesn’t seem hard.

    They already have the advantage of being first party