[deafpolygon]

- false (you have to opt in)

- false (it depends on the app)

- depends on your cloud settings

- if you opt in, yes

- well if your storage is full, you kind of need to know

- they do, it's called time machine. you need a local disk for that.

[vachina]

I'm not sure if you even use any Apple products. I recently reset my iPhone and started from scratch (because of another system storage bloat issue) and THOSE WERE THE DEFAULTS, I HAD TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF MANUALLY. It didn't even ask.

> time machine

Oh great, let's get a dedicated, proprietary device just to store MY binary blobs. I'm not even sure if Timemachine supports exactly the features offered by iCloud. I cannot for example, browse photos backed up in Timemachine in the Photos app just like with iCloud.

[ValentineC]

> Oh great, let's get a dedicated, proprietary device just to store MY binary blobs.

Time Machine is (was?) mostly a macOS Sparse Bundle folder accessed over SMB. Many consumer NASes support Time Machine.