U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mrtksn on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:00PM (#39782108)

Do you have to open the Google Photos app to sync or you set it and forget it, like take a photo and in a few moments its available everywhere?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mcfedr on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:12PM (#39782260)

You have to open it at least every few days. Only Apple apps can work reliably on iOS.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by amf12 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:31PM (#39782535)

That is an excellent example of Apple's anti-trust behavior.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by khazhoux on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:49PM (#39783535)

I’ve never once noticed this. I go weeks without opening Google Photos app, but my photos are always there.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by khazhoux on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:48PM (#39783518)

Set and forget. All my phone photos are “just there” in Google Photos app and on web.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by trevoragilbert on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:31PM (#39782534)

You can just let it run.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by albumen on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:29PM (#39783277)

Unless things have changed, yes but no. You have to leave the app running, and turn off display sleep/lock so the phone is always awake. Which practically means it has to be plugged in. It's a major pain. As someone else commented, a classic example of Apple limiting background sync in the name of "stability and battery life". That has a grain of truth to it, but let users make that choice!

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