Apple, Google ease cross-cloud data transfers, perhaps with costly catch

Google and Apple have signed off on a tool that their cloud photo storage services interoperable, but it may come at a cost to some users. The tool was created under the auspices of the Data Transfer Initiative (DTI), an entity formed in 2023 that sees Apple, Meta, and Google work to enable data portability between different …

[Pascal Monett]

“We are nowhere near the end of" . .

. . being able to nickel and dime our customers who will never stop adding more data to their storage because cloud has become synonymous with backup for everyone who couldn't be arsed to do a backup in the first place.

[ChoHag]

> Apple has previously made it possible to export photos and videos from iCloud to Google Photos.

How magnanimous of them. Granting access to your own memories! Unimaginable!

[Neil Barnes]

We can remember it for you wholesale!

[Anonymous Coward]

@ChoHag

You missed the point about, you know, that bit that says "don't store your stuff on someone else's computer". Then they wouldn't have to depend on someone else being "magnanimous" to access their own memories would they...

[Vulture@C64]

You have always been able to download your iCloud data, be it photos or videos to your own computer then upload them to wherever you want. That's obviously always been possible. You did know that, right ? This is not about accessing your own data, it's a mechanism to directly export data.

[Anonymous Coward]

Google Photos terms of service

“By using Google Photos, you grant Google a worldwide license to .. such content.”

I assume it's the same for these so-called “free” services. Reason why they can't have my photos. Same with Wikipedia, they get the users to work for free creating content and then claim ownership of. Before they ban your account for contradicting a member of the inner party.

[Bugsy11]

With Google's storage plans you are essentially paying for them to track you better. YOU are their product they want to sell.