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by input_sh 210 days ago
I saw your comment and just finished listening to it, to those that can't be bothered to, he boils it down to: they don't want you to lose all of your social network if you lose your device. Imagine having to re-discover every user you've communicated with because you no longer have their identifiers, which I think is a fair argument to make.

Also, now that we know the timestamp, we know this user spread two pieces of misinformation in 28 words: Iran was never mentioned and it was not the first question in the QA. I think some snark is well justified here.
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pseudalopex 210 days ago
> they don't want you to lose all of your social network if you lose your device. Imagine having to re-discover every user you've communicated with because you no longer have their identifiers, which I think is a fair argument to make.

Other networks solved this by not blocking backup.

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input_sh 210 days ago
Take it up with him then. I live in one of those countries where I can purchase a SIM card for like €2 without needing an ID, so I can't say I'm personally invested in this phone number discussion one way or the other.
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pseudalopex 200 days ago
Your reaction to a simple statement was strange. For someone who proclaimed how little they cared even more.
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