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Google photos on ios is literally a hostage situation. Remove key functionalities like copying an image or editing an image unless you give them full unrestricted access to your entire photo library. (The holy grail of surveillance capitalism data). Data extortion masquerading as a service.

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  • Pollo_Jack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    567·
    7 months ago

    Yeah, iOS is nuts.

    Transfer files over bluetooth? Best go buy an entire apple product because fuck internationally recognized standards.

    Transfer music to the iPhone? Gotta download one of two programs, make an apple account, and sync your entire library. Apple doesn’t support common formats such as FLAC? Go fuck yourself and convert your entire library for them.

    Backup your phone to the cloud? Apple doesn’t let you select how many backups are saved so you run out of storage and get an upgrade to apple storage program for only $5.99 every other month/phone update.

    I thought google was bad with their tyranny of default but the iphone 16 pro max is the pinnacle of anti user and pro consumerism. I list that phone as it is the only apple phone I have used.

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
      81·
      7 months ago

      I don’t think this is an iOS problem, unless the Bluesky post predates the feature that showed me this when I tried to insert a picture in OneNote:

      Choosing “Limit Access…” lead to this: