Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption

Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by Johnny555 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:40AM (#36802143)

Not sure why you got downvoted, it’s purposely hard to switch ecosystems, I’m in the middle of switching from android to IOS, but still have over a decade of data in gmail, google photos, and google drive. And I waited until my wife was willing/ready to switch because it’s harder to share across ecosystems. Fortunately we don’t own many apps (mostly things with external subscriptions like news, streaming media, etc) so purchasing replacement apps wasn’t painful.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by FirmwareBurner on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:33PM (#36803002)

>Not sure why you got downvoted

Fanboys don't like pointing out the hard to swallow truth pills. They expect comments to validate their lifestyle choice, not contradict them.

> I’m in the middle of switching from android to IOS

At least for you it's easy, because all google apps exist for iOS, but switching away from iOS is absolutely impossible as there is no iCloud or iMessage for Android, so all your data remains hostage with Apple if you try to move.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by scarface_74 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:37PM (#36803905)

> At least for you it's easy, because all google apps exist for iOS, but switching away from iOS is absolutely impossible as there is no iCloud

1. Download Google Drive for iOS

2. Go to the Files App

3. Select all in your iCloud Drive

4. Copy

5. Go to your Google Drive in the Files app

6. Paste

Just like you would copy files from one drive to another.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by pjerem on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:21AM (#36811754)

There is a web version of iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos.

They are not "great" but they are more than enough to download a zip with all your files and all your photos. From there you go where you want.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by scarface_74 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:33PM (#36803849)

> still have over a decade of data in gmail, google photos, and google drive

And apps are available for iOS that let you access all of them. If you install Google Drive on the iPhone, your drive shows up along side iCloud in the Files app and open/save file dialoga

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by Johnny555 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @03:27PM (#36805496)

Yes that’s what I’m doing for now, but I left android because I didn’t like sharing so much data with google, now I’m still sharing that data with google, and now apple too.

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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by scarface_74 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @03:31PM (#36805565)

Google Drive to iCloud Drive:

Do just the opposite of this

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36803905

I’m sure there are ways to migrate your email. Thunderbird?

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