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sanitation@lemmy.today to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Android rolls out local ‘Documents’ backup, syncs to Google Drive

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago
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Android rolls out local ‘Documents’ backup that syncs to Google Drive
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Google now lets Android users upload files and other downloads from their phone or tablet to Google Drive thanks to a new “Documents” backup.
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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Right after Google announced that all synced data will start counting to Drive’s data limit.

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    syncs to Google Drive

    and feeds Google data to monetize and train AI on.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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      That’s the nailhead people were missing

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    The EU should require such tightly integrated monetizable features in dominant operating systems be developed in a service provider agnostic manner, so as to not require the use of or default to Google Drive.

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    I see. So, alongside making your backup storage count towards you limit, they’re trying to make you hit your free limit and start paying (or pay more) for a subscription.

    Typical en-💩-fication move.

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    So, what I’ve been doing for 15 years to my own desktop/laptop using tools like Syncthing, ResilioSync, FolderSync, etc.

    Get bent Google.

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