Comment by oarsinsync 10 months ago Not all apps support Apple’s backup solution. Threema and Signal come to mind. 6 comments oarsinsync Reply JustExAWS 10 months ago And that is because of policy choices by Signal. oarsinsync 10 months ago So because of policy choices made by app developers, you have to manage multiple cloud solutions.Or as the GP suggested, forego the cloud entirely. iCloud and Apple’s built in iOS backup is not a magic bullet unfortunately. JustExAWS 10 months ago By one lone outlier who decides for “security” that the don’t want to support the platforms backup solution. That app purchase didn’t have to do anything besides store information locally in their sandbox 1 reply → warkdarrior 10 months ago Does Signal allow the user to opt-in/opt-out into their policy? Or are they forcing this policy on their users? JustExAWS 10 months ago No. They do not allow users to opt in
JustExAWS 10 months ago And that is because of policy choices by Signal. oarsinsync 10 months ago So because of policy choices made by app developers, you have to manage multiple cloud solutions.Or as the GP suggested, forego the cloud entirely. iCloud and Apple’s built in iOS backup is not a magic bullet unfortunately. JustExAWS 10 months ago By one lone outlier who decides for “security” that the don’t want to support the platforms backup solution. That app purchase didn’t have to do anything besides store information locally in their sandbox 1 reply → warkdarrior 10 months ago Does Signal allow the user to opt-in/opt-out into their policy? Or are they forcing this policy on their users? JustExAWS 10 months ago No. They do not allow users to opt in
oarsinsync 10 months ago So because of policy choices made by app developers, you have to manage multiple cloud solutions.Or as the GP suggested, forego the cloud entirely. iCloud and Apple’s built in iOS backup is not a magic bullet unfortunately. JustExAWS 10 months ago By one lone outlier who decides for “security” that the don’t want to support the platforms backup solution. That app purchase didn’t have to do anything besides store information locally in their sandbox 1 reply →
JustExAWS 10 months ago By one lone outlier who decides for “security” that the don’t want to support the platforms backup solution. That app purchase didn’t have to do anything besides store information locally in their sandbox 1 reply →
warkdarrior 10 months ago Does Signal allow the user to opt-in/opt-out into their policy? Or are they forcing this policy on their users? JustExAWS 10 months ago No. They do not allow users to opt in
And that is because of policy choices by Signal.
So because of policy choices made by app developers, you have to manage multiple cloud solutions.
Or as the GP suggested, forego the cloud entirely. iCloud and Apple’s built in iOS backup is not a magic bullet unfortunately.
By one lone outlier who decides for “security” that the don’t want to support the platforms backup solution. That app purchase didn’t have to do anything besides store information locally in their sandbox
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Does Signal allow the user to opt-in/opt-out into their policy? Or are they forcing this policy on their users?
No. They do not allow users to opt in