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Because syncing isn't a backup? What happens when you sync corrupted files?

• chrisseaton 7y ago
  I didn't say syncing was a backup. That's the opposite of what I'm saying. I'm saying that my phone becomes the synced copy. The cloud is the canonical version (backed up separately elsewhere) and my phone becomes a device I can lose or break and not worry about anything so I don't need to back it up. As soon as I create any content on my phone I upload it to the cloud. Take my phone from my hand at any moment and as long as I've had signal in the last few minutes I've lost nothing.
  • overcast 7y ago
    You asked why people care about backups anymore, and I told you why what you stated is not a solution to it.
    • chrisseaton 7y ago
      I asked about why people care about backing up their phone. My point is the data should not live on the phone. It should live somewhere more durable, and that durable store should then be backed up.