For example, iOS has these features:
- iCloud backup restore or peer-to-peer transfer, very early in the device setup process
- Two ways for things to be stored in iCloud, each with a corresponding list of per-app (not per-folder) toggle switches in iCloud Settings
- “Saved to iCloud” normal syncing
- Requires apps to use the right APIs and to handle conflicting changes
- Allows same data to be read and modified by multiple devices
- iCloud backup
- Available for all apps
- Separate backup per device
- Only downloaded when setting up a new device
- In app sandboxes, only excludes
tmp(Flatpak equivalent is somewhere in/run) andLibrary/Caches(equivalent tocachedirectory in Flatpak sandbox) by default - Allows apps to set
isExcludedFromBackupattribute for specific files (useful for things that are easy to recreate via download but are expected by the user to not be automatically deleted) - Includes system configuration such as home screen layout
- Backs up a list of installed apps without backing up their executables and assets
- “Saved to iCloud” normal syncing
- Synced list of previously installed apps, not separate per-device
iCloud shit is only ‘convenient and beginner friendly’ because you’re paying someone else to do all the work and maintenance for you.
Yes but you can also pay someone else to do all that work that isn’t Apple, and then use it on Linux.