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Comment by tartoran

12 hours ago

Why would anyone call you a luddite for advocating for MicroSDs? Of course the reason SD were pushed away (at least for Apple) was to offer cloud backup as the only option with no alternatives.

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mikestew  11 hours ago

Of course the reason SD were pushed away (at least for Apple) was to offer cloud backup as the only option with no alternatives.

Except that no part of what you claim is true:

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/back-up-iphone-iph3ec...

  • sandcat_  10 hours ago

    Does anyone actually do this? I’m looking to reduce my reliance on iCloud but I’ve kept my backups there so far as it always seemed onerous to have to plug in and trigger the backup manually. And easy to forget, too.

    • bigfishrunning  7 hours ago

      I regularly back up the photos on my phone (which is admittedly not an iphone, but also does not have a microsd slot) to a local file server in my house. I don't need a microsd slot to control my data.

    • tristor  8 hours ago

      > Does anyone actually do this?

      Yep. I've been using an iPhone since 2012, so about 14 years. I do a local backup to my Macbook and then perform upgrades via USB, I don't do over the air upgrades. I also don't sync my photo albums into iCloud. I do have iCloud backups enabled also. It's not even a concern about privacy, per se, it's a question of whether or not I actually control my data if its not in my possession. More copies is good for resiliency.