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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by JadeNB on Monday May 17, 2021 @03:38AM (#27180918)
The problem is that you find out that you don't have unfettered access after you update, when the app announces that the export feature is now crippled. (One way to fix this would be to export all data before every update, but that seems unreasonably cumbersome.)
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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by kps on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:17AM (#27183690)
Well, yes. I wouldn't call an export feature ‘unfettered access’; it's just a little leniency by the Lord App that he can withdraw on a whim.
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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by JadeNB on Monday May 17, 2021 @01:46PM (#27186060)
To me, as long as it's available, export to an open standard is all I need; but I agree that, if it's revocable, then it's hardly unfettered. How would an app allow unfettered access in an irrevocable way? That is, if I were an app developer (I'm not), and wanted to provide this service to my users in a way that wouldn't require them to trust my good intentions, then how would I do it?
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