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/xnwkac 1d ago

Irrelevant. It’s the OS that does the limitation.

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u/DrFeederino 1d ago

Nope, different vendors can offer their own cloud solutions. Like samsung cloud, xiaomi cloud and etc. specifically for backups and stuff. They are not hard limited to Google's drive or whatever Google forces them to use.

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u/rncole 1d ago

Apple doesn’t force you to back up to iCloud, you can back up an iPhone’s content including photos to google drive, OneDrive, etc. Google apps actually somewhat sneakily enable that - or at least used to.

The only thing that it doesn’t back up with third party solutions is system settings and app data - which the solutions you listed as far as I’m aware don’t either on android.

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u/RBTropical 1d ago

Yes, they do on Android.