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Re:iOS 12 released by djrogers on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:26PM (#18011347)
This is categorically and demonstrably false. Backing up to iCloud is disabled by default, as is Messages in iCloud. Either can be enabled or disabled as desired with no ill effect on your device or the rest of iCloud usage.
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Re:iOS 12 released by sneak on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:24AM (#18013470)
iCloud backup is on by default.
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Re:iOS 12 released by djrogers on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:48AM (#18015784)
No - setting up an iPhone from new doesn’t even require an iCloud account. If you set up iCloud it will enable backups, but even then you can disable them without disabling ‘all of icloud’ as GP claims.
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Re:iOS 12 released by sneak on Friday September 21, 2018 @02:02PM (#18041497)
The fact that iCloud is not required to activate does not change the fact that iCloud is on by default and iCloud backup is also on by default.
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