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minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·5 months agoFactory reset is for the phone. Photo libraries are backed up to the cloud. The issue was the photos weren’t deleted in the cloud.
minus-squareScreemu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoDo you have a source for that?
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·5 months agowhy would someone not immediately disable cloud backups upon purchasing a device? are they stupid?
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoBecause they want a backup of their data, and cloud backups are convenient?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoIf they care about maximising storage space over privacy.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoBecause they want data ownership?
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months ago are they stupid? They are iPhone users.
Factory reset is for the phone. Photo libraries are backed up to the cloud. The issue was the photos weren’t deleted in the cloud.
Do you have a source for that?
The article
why would someone not immediately disable cloud backups upon purchasing a device? are they stupid?
Because they want a backup of their data, and cloud backups are convenient?
If they care about maximising storage space over privacy.
Because they want data ownership?
They are iPhone users.