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How many people own a NAS, but not a PC or Mac? Apple already provides first party software to handle iDevice backups on Windows or Mac. Backing up an Android
by GeekyBear 1y ago
How many people own a NAS, but not a PC or Mac?
Apple already provides first party software to handle iDevice backups on Windows or Mac.
Backing up an Android device to a PC using adb is significantly more difficult, especially for the less technically minded.
- lxgr 1y ago> How many people own a NAS, but not a PC or Mac? That’s arguably the wrong question: I bet a lot more would own one if they could easily backup their iOS devices to it.
- hnaccount_rng 1y agoThe number of people that would but a NAS over just spending the 5$/month for storage is well below a percent and if you combine that with the requirement of not having a PC/Mac you may well end up in the hundreds… There aren’t that many people that are willing to own a device from a company but not trusting that company with their data
- lxgr 1y agoYour numbers might be right, but Apple has implemented niche features, some even requiring expensive per-device hardware, for much less than that.
- hnaccount_rng 1y agoDo you have an example?
- lxgr 1y agoAll new iPhone models support native DisplayPort output via USB-C, yet I’m not sure 1% of users even have the required cable/adapter. Some of the power amplifiers for rarely-used bands probably qualify as well (mmWave in particular). On the software side I’d have to dig a bit, but I bet many code paths on iOS see use of less than 1% of all users.
- GeekyBear 1y agoI'm willing to bet that more people would backup their Android device if Google provided a first party tool for user friendly backups of Android devices to local computers.