And yet they still have no solution to backup messages, other than running the (Electron!) desktop client 24/7. I don’t want cloud backups, but going as far as

And yet they still have no solution to backup messages, other than running the (Electron!) desktop client 24/7. I don’t want cloud backups, but going as far as force disabling encrypted local iTunes backups is terrible. People expect these to be comprehensive backups and will get a nasty surprise Privacy should not come at the cost of data ownership