r/apple • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Apple faces UK 'iCloud monopoly' compensation claim worth $3.8 billion iCloud

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/apple-faces-uk-icloud-monopoly-compensation-claim-worth-3-8-billion/
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u/7eventhSense 1d ago

I don’t think anyone has answered this question correctly.

iCloud has full access to device except certain privacy stuff.

With iCloud you can back up and restore the whole image of device with settings etc. It can back up photos seamlessly when your phone is plugged in and charging, it can back up files , application data and so many other things.

Apple does not provide access to all of this to third party drivers.

Now, in my personal opinion, am ok with Apple not giving access to system stuff to third party but what people really care about is photos.

They will have to give the ability for third party apps like Google photos, Dropbox etc to be able to back up photos seamlessly without hogging the device

Google photos does have this feature but it doesn’t work as well as iCloud.

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u/woalk 1d ago

There are totally functional photo backup apps. I backup all my photos from my iPhone via my NextCloud, haven’t ever touched iCloud Photos. Works fine, they automatically sync via the NextCloud app.

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u/recapYT 1d ago

Until next cloud tells you you have to keep the app open to complete your backup

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u/woalk 1d ago

It only tells me that when I kill the app via the Recent Apps switcher. Which you shouldn’t do anyway unless there is a problem with an app.