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Android has been a fraud for a long time now. Let's not pretend that the "open-source" mobile OS that was supposed to free us all from vendor and telco tyranny
by VerifiedReports 11mo ago
Android has been a fraud for a long time now. Let's not pretend that the "open-source" mobile OS that was supposed to free us all from vendor and telco tyranny ever approached that promise.
Did they even really try?
As far as iCloud "alternatives" go... Android doesn't offer ANY legitimate syncing infrastructure to compete with iCloud, open or not.
- eptcyka 11mo agoYou can sync a backup over webdav on GrapheneOS.
- VerifiedReports 11mo agoA backup is not all a replacement for iCloud. The point is to sync application data between native apps running on different (and even different kinds of) devices. PIM-style data (calendar, contacts, notes, bookmarks, and so forth) probably comes first for most people. Apple has also added useful stuff like Wi-Fi passwords and E-mail account configurations. And then developers can create their own entries in the iCloud data store for their own apps. This is hugely useful. I'm not aware of any similar facility that comes with Android, but I'd be happy to hear about it if there is.
- eptcyka 11mo agoYou can use nextcloud for all pf that, not that I’d recommend it. There are solutions, even hosted ones.
- VerifiedReports 11mo agoIs there something else you'd recommend? Regardless, though, if it's not built into the OS, developers can't rely on it being present on a majority of users' phones.
- beeflet 11mo agoYou can install syncthing-fork or nextcloud
- atlintots 11mo agoNeither are legitimate competitors to iCloud
- panja 11mo agoIn some instances, nextcloud is better than icloud
- ramon156 11mo agoYou're comparing on-demand-cloud with setup-your-own-server-and-configure-everything-yourself-cloud Those are two different markets
- syncbehind 11mo agoNextcloud has on-demand (if by that you mean a SaaS product)
- prmoustache 11mo agoOnly a small fraction of nextcloud users setup their own servers.
- VerifiedReports 11mo agoThanks for the info. If you have to install it, though, developers can't count on it being available to all or even most users.
- flanked-evergl 11mo agoI switched to Android from iPhone because the sync options for iPhone are garbage.
- VerifiedReports 11mo agoBut you neglected to state what built-in Android facility you find to be superior to iCloud for syncing data between applications.