Comment on Those who are against iOS and Apple in general, have you tried their devices lately?
t0fr@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I’m anti-cloud for many reasons, privacy being one of them. I want access and control of my own files. I use Syncthing to sync my files between all my devices.
I would be unable to do this on iPhone as access to the file system is extremely locked down on iOS devices.
spckls@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not true, sorry. Using self hosted cloud and it works perfectly.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yes true, sorry.
I’d be unable to use Syncthing to properly sync my devices on iOS as it is completely locked down. You can’t run a daemon that’s always running on iOS and multiple apps cannot have access to the same files. Each app has their own little sandboxed playground.
forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-for-ios/16045
spckls@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I guess if that particular app doesn’t work then it doesn’t. But i have zero issues with syncing the Bitwarden vault, or Synology drive, Nextcloud, or Synology Photos. Maybe the issue is with Syncthing.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It’s because it’s not a cloud, it’s direct for sync. When I leave my house, and do not have internet I’ll have access to all my files because they’ve already been saved locally to my phone.
No cloud puts files onto your local filesystem until you download them to your phone manually. A syncing app will put them there.
kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 10 months ago
It's possible to do some cloud stuff but can you even access the filesystem with a non-Apple device?
Last time I tried iTunes was an essential requirement and your actual access is very limited.