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Yeah, I get it. I don't want any of that, I just want a filesystem. I'll take care of cloud storage with SyncThing (or whatever) -- I'm the kind of guy that va

by rpdillon 11mo ago

Yeah, I get it. I don't want any of that, I just want a filesystem. I'll take care of cloud storage with SyncThing (or whatever) -- I'm the kind of guy that values being able to choose the parts. I don't buy "cold medicine", I buy ibuprofen, diphenhydramine, pseudoephedrine or whatever else I decide, and I'll dose each based on my symptoms. Because that's just better than some prepackaged thing. And I do the exact same thing with computing. Works great. But Apple fights. The whole world of mobile computing is actively fighting giving the customers the ability to compose their tools, which strips away user agency, and creates all these issues with "big tech" being monopolies and locking users in. This is at the root of what the DMA is about, I think.

raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
Yes I’m sure “you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 With iCloud, if I drop my phone in the ocean by mistake, I can walk into the Apple Store, buy another phone, log in and my new phone looks and acts like my old phone with all of the bookmarks, icons, app data, settings etc being restored.
- rpdillon 11mo ago
  I use SyncThing. It works well.
  - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
    Does SyncThing automatically back up everything? Settings, in app data, icon positions, bookmarks, messages, and browsing history? If you through your phone in the ocean and gestured on another one, would your new phone look just like your old one? And it’s been discontinued for Android…. https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002 https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...
    - rpdillon 11mo ago
      We're having different conversations.
      - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
        How so? I want my backups to actually backup everything. No one cares about backups - they care about restores as the old saying goes. If I can’t in fact throw my phone in the ocean when I’m away from my computer, go buy another phone, log in and everything is automatically restored, it’s a poor solution

raw_anon_1111 11mo ago

Yes I’m sure “you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 With iCloud, if I drop my phone in the ocean by mistake, I can walk into the Apple Store, buy another phone, log in and my new phone looks and acts like my old phone with all of the bookmarks, icons, app data, settings etc being restored.

rpdillon 11mo ago
I use SyncThing. It works well.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
  Does SyncThing automatically back up everything? Settings, in app data, icon positions, bookmarks, messages, and browsing history? If you through your phone in the ocean and gestured on another one, would your new phone look just like your old one? And it’s been discontinued for Android…. https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002 https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...
  - rpdillon 11mo ago
    We're having different conversations.
    - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
      How so? I want my backups to actually backup everything. No one cares about backups - they care about restores as the old saying goes. If I can’t in fact throw my phone in the ocean when I’m away from my computer, go buy another phone, log in and everything is automatically restored, it’s a poor solution