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Consumer group Which? has filed a £3 billion lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of forcing iCloud usage and overcharging customers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Even if you are part of the Apple ecosystem, there is zero reason to pay for iCloud. There are free alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This holds up for simple file hosting, but the entire suite of Apple apps supports collaboration, many with live editing features. Slow sync times would put a damper on that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Do you mean office suite stuff like Keynote and Pages or are you talking more complex things like Logic Pro?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I don’t use logic, but yeah the whole iWork suite, Freeform, Reminders, Notes. I think HomeKit data is also synced, and given how much data corruption happens in HomeKit as it is, I would dread any other complication.

There’s also the transparent encryption that happens where even Apple can’t get your stuff.

I mean I’d be a fan if Apple published a requirement spec for the iCloud api and opened it up to third parties, but it will be a lot to unpack and implement.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

According to Which?, Apple has made it difficult for iPhone and iPad users to choose alternative data storage options, effectively pushing them towards iCloud while suppressing competition.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Get a Synology and fuck the system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Synology is just as bad now.

Just do the right thing from the start - build your own NAS and don't rely on commerical software.

/c/selfhosted

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Let's be real. Do you think someone who uses an iphone will have the ability to buy a compact hot swappable computer, buy and install hard drives, download and burn a bootable partition on a USB stick, navigate terminal to install an Linux Nas distro, then setup DDNS and setup SSL and then setup their iphone?

I know how and have done this before and I still bought a Synology box. You don't know how many times I had to migrate my data when a FOSS becomes abandonware. There is a certain comfort knowing that your shit isn't going to be abandon.

Commercial software doesn't mean it's bad. Pfsense is a commercial software and it's amazing. I buy their routing solutions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Do you think someone who uses an iphone will have the ability to buy a compact hot swappable computer, buy and install hard drives, download and burn a bootable partition on a USB stick, navigate terminal to install an Linux Nas distro, then setup DDNS and setup SSL and then setup their iphone?

Yes. I have an iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago

Apple overcharging? Never!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

Apple laughs in trillions.