Comment by conradev
3 years ago
That is Apple's plan, too, except for the collecting data or profiting part. They still have a monopoly on your data, it's just locked on your devices.
3 years ago
That is Apple's plan, too, except for the collecting data or profiting part. They still have a monopoly on your data, it's just locked on your devices.
> except for the collecting data or profiting part
Isn’t that pretty much the issue here?
Anyway, what’s really locked? Text messages?
Because I can export pretty much everything else. Images, videos, documents, passwords, bookmarks.
Maybe Apple Music’s playlists?
In what sense is this Apple having a monopoly on your data? If it's "locked on your device" then they don't have it. This is literally what we're asking for, or at least half of it. I agree it'd be nice if we could retrieve everything from the device ourselves, but I'll settle for this (and ensure I never give my iPhone the last copy of anything I care about) over carrying a hostile observer everywhere I go.
Data collection isn’t really central to Apple business model though. I’m not too worried about them.