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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by raw_anon_1111 on Friday November 21, 2025 @01:39PM (#46007426)
Yes I’m sure “you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

With iCloud, if I drop my phone in the ocean by mistake, I can walk into the Apple Store, buy another phone, log in and my new phone looks and acts like my old phone with all of the bookmarks, icons, app data, settings etc being restored.

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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by rpdillon on Saturday November 22, 2025 @09:17AM (#46014989)
I use SyncThing. It works well.
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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by raw_anon_1111 on Saturday November 22, 2025 @09:29AM (#46015068)
Does SyncThing automatically back up everything? Settings, in app data, icon positions, bookmarks, messages, and browsing history?

If you through your phone in the ocean and gestured on another one, would your new phone look just like your old one?

And it’s been discontinued for Android….

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...

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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by rpdillon on Saturday November 22, 2025 @10:09AM (#46015353)
We're having different conversations.
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Re:Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting wi... by raw_anon_1111 on Sunday November 23, 2025 @09:21AM (#46023755)
How so? I want my backups to actually backup everything. No one cares about backups - they care about restores as the old saying goes.

If I can’t in fact throw my phone in the ocean when I’m away from my computer, go buy another phone, log in and everything is automatically restored, it’s a poor solution

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