Yeah, more of the same. I haven't explored every permutation. Once I decided the entire approach is fraught with data loss danger I moved on. There is no way

Yeah, more of the same. I haven't explored every permutation. Once I decided the entire approach is fraught with data loss danger I moved on. There is no way to justify data loss, not for a company of the size and resources of Apple. The mass deletion of user data should never be automatic or a single button function. This act should require the user to do something non-trivial and non-accidental. And, even if the data is deleted the system should save a copy and give you an option to restore it from the device with a few clicks. Right now if you un-sync your contacts the only choice you seem to have is to delete them from the phone or keep using sync. Why not a "keep an independent copy on my phone" option. I would love to hear someone justify that concept. How are such decisions made?