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by baconner 5487 days ago
Remember the big stink about being able to bring your us cellphone number with you to a new provider? The new era of consumer cloud data looks like its going to take customer lock in to new heights. IMO it's time to start rallying for a universal right to export.
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Personally, I'd much rather choose google's cloud for this reason. http://www.dataliberation.org/
What lockin?

1. You can still do whatever you want with your files as they still live on your local machine. 2. You can sync with Windows machines (photos were mentioned as an example in the keynote) 3. You can turn off iCloud