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0 pointsquickthrower24y ago0 comments

Yes - and the danger for them is as an iPhone user I feel almost forced to use iCloud, and if I do that I might drop backblaze as I can use iCloud for everything.

Why am I forced, because if I don't back up my phone using iCloud, then I need to back it up using iTunes, or not at all. That they have made copying photos off the iPhone terrible and iTunes terrible, is a good tactic to make me use iCloud.

For now I am holding out, sticking with backblaze (I love the do-nothing and it's backed up workflow) and probably will go the iTunes YUK route for backing up.

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cameron_b4y ago

I was very disappointed in that myself. I’m very resistant to increasing my iCloud spend past the free bit.

I ended up setting up Nextcloud for myself and my wife. It isn’t fun to sync everything if your phone is already full, but a fresh install would have a very native feel with some setup and a fast host for your backup ( I currently self host at home, but I wfh so it matters little. )

marcellus234y ago

I believe iOS has always supported a “camera view” when plugged into a computer, where all videos and photos are readable as files. Doesn’t help for backing up anything else but seems like a straightforward enough path for backups.

quickthrower2OP4y ago

Yeah copying files from there just crashes out on my pc.

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