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  • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    you don’t hear these horror stories often, but often enough to reinforce my conviction to never ever ever fucking ever buy a single apple product

    • Mihies@programming.dev
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      3 months ago

      Also if you don’t have your date data under your control, you are at the mercy of some company.

    • ikt@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      I have an apple iphone but I back my photos up with Immich and passwords with firefox, Spotify instead of Apple music, Telegram, etc and I’m essentially isolated from the Apple ecosystem, if they lock me out of my account I lose pretty much nothing except the value of the phone

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The begging is sad too. “I’m special! I’m on your side! I’m one of youuuuuu!”

    The beast eats friend and foe alike.

  • archonet@lemy.lol
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    3 months ago

    It’s almost like having a single point of failure, putting your entire digital life and livelihood into the hands of a single uncaring corporation, is a bad idea or something. wild!

  • plateee@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    Lest Android users (like myself) think we’re immune, Google has been known to nuke accounts too, leading to a similar outcome.

    I’ve been trying my best to get out of a “one account for all” mentality - photo backups are probably the #1 problem for me right now.

    I’ve got the local storage, but I’m not sure about exposing immich to the Internet for photos access when I’m not at home.

  • Zier@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    Privacy should be guarded like gold, the royal jewels, priceless works of art, and democracy. Never give permission to others for control of it.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    At this point doesn’t he have grounds to sue? I know there was something in the license agreement, but that amount of money might be worth a round checking it out.