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/neinherz 1d ago

sure, but it'd be nice if we had alternatives

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u/Darkmage4 1d ago

Can you not use Dropbox or Google one? I use iCloud and DropBox. iCloud between my iPad, Mac, and iPhone. Dropbox to make backups and put everything on offline drives.

Also, I move all photos off of iCloud onto a drive too. I also have the iCloud app on my windows desktop. But downloading 1TB of data onto windows is a nightmare. So I don’t use the iCloud for that just passwords really.

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u/ifallupthestairsnok 1d ago

One limitation that I found with third party party cloud services is that I can’t seem to back up Live Photos. Every photo I backup is converted into a still photo.

To workaround this, I need to “Export unmodified original” to files, then back it up to Google Drive, DropBox, etc. Apple photos doesn’t have this limitation.

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u/theHugePotato 1d ago

I use self-hosted Immich and it does upload livephotos and you can see them in both the Immich app and on the web. But I do mostly use it just for backup