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A comment on Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds. Parent comment

Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by FractalHQ on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:34PM (#37516677)
I can’t walk up to a friend or family member and Airdrop them some photos with SyncThing. Also, I thought iCloud is encrypted, no?
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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by brokenmachine on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:53PM (#37550600)
I was talking about getting data from your phone to your PC without sending it to Apple.

I don't understand why people accept that it's necessary to send that data to Apple and back in order to perform such a basic function.

It doesn't matter if it's encrypted or not, that's still an artificial limitation that Apple has put on the devices you "own", so they can monetize your data.

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