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And one day you've had it with Apple's latest user-hostile shenanigans and switch to Linux. What now? Do you just keep paying for iCloud+ forever?
by fainpul 1y ago
And one day you've had it with Apple's latest user-hostile shenanigans and switch to Linux. What now? Do you just keep paying for iCloud+ forever?
- marliechiller 1y agowouldnt this be the case for any vendor you choose?
- fainpul 1y agoyes
- vladvasiliu 1y agoIndeed. But some are easier to change than others. I switched my e-mail provider, and it took all of five minutes to launch the copy of my data. Since I kept the same domain, everyone sending me e-mails didn't notice anything. With Apple's approach, I'd have to go through each account and move it from something@icloud to something@new-domain. However, for people who don't want to mess around with custom domain names and e-mail providers, apple's approach is very practical. You just need to tell it to "hide your email" when you register somewhere and you're good to go.
- steelframe 1y agoIn my experience the overwhelming majority of services permit me to change my email address.
- fainpul 1y agoOf course. But I have hundreds of user accounts, as probably many people do. I would not enjoy changing all those email addresses.