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I'm just curious why this feature exists in Android, but not iOS. Maybe due to some stupid Apple Store rule?

• saurik 6y ago
  There definitely isn't an App Store rule against making your content backup-able: almost all other apps--and notably WhatsApp--have support for this in some way (if not the standard way). (If anything, I am surprised that Apple doesn't make "backup and restore via at least an iTunes encrypted backup correctly replicates your data" a requirement, given how it hurts their ability to sell new phones and undermines their own work making this seamless.)
• proactivesvcs 6y ago
  From what I've read on the forums, by the developers, is that the backup and restore process on Android has been a technical nightmare for them and it's fragile as it is. I presume that since they have limited resources they can only put so much effort into adding the feature to iOS (and improving it on Android) and have been concentrating on improved groups, group calling, Desktop calling, user name support, etc.