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The most obnxious aspect of owning an iphone for me. Apple turns icloud syncing on by default for everything, not just password management. Photos, browsing his
by InMice 2y ago
The most obnxious aspect of owning an iphone for me. Apple turns icloud syncing on by default for everything, not just password management. Photos, browsing history etc. there should be an account setting that lets you turn this off completely no matter what device you sign into with your icloud account. Completely obnoxious, my icloud photos is a total mess of triple and double copies of photos going back decades i recently had no idea it was even syncing. All from signing in then having stop automatic syncing. I now only sign in when the device has fresh reset so i can immediately turn all the syncing off. This should be an account wide option that applies to any all current and future device sign ins.
- musicale 2y agoI hate default on for cloud sync. It should be opt-in.
- musicale 2y agoTo clarify, Apple is often good about requiring opt-in for a bunch of features, especially privacy-related features, and I appreciate that. Unfortunately there are some annoying corner cases, such as having to manually disable iCloud sync for photos (etc.), or the issue that OP ran into with having iCloud keychain re-enable itself after being turned off. It also used to be easier to actually turn off wi-fi and bluetooth without them reactivating automatically. I understand why they made it harder (to reduce complaints and support calls/appointments for AirDrop/AirPods/Apple watch/etc. not working due to user settings) but I would have preferred an alternative approach of making it simple and obvious how to fix any AirDrop or other issues while preserving the ability to easily turn off wi-fi.