I should be able to switch out the Photos app, one that integrates with Google Photos or Amazon Photos or Synology so that it natively back ups there and where it can natively pull the photos from.
Allowing third party apps to actually record your voice.
In a climate where many types of apps make money purely through selling your data to data brokers who in turn syndicate that data to countless other companies and governments. All without your knowledge or explicit consent.
And where mere snippets of your voice is enough to have a model authentically replicate it and use it for social engineering or to access services that rely on voice identification e.g. Australian Tax Office.
In terms of the worst ideas ever, this is easily one of them.
> Allowing third party apps to actually record your voice.
Android/iOS already allow apps to request microphone access.
> In a climate where many types of apps make money purely through selling your data to data brokers
"my own" should be able to include something I've compiled myself - not just Apple's App Store or Google Play Store, which even when source code is available elsewhere there's no guarantee that's what was used for the binary available on the store.
But it’s a huge pain in the ass just to get call recordings. That kind of effort shouldn’t be necessary in 2023, and it’s asinine that we don’t have call recording natively yet.
(Though, we also don’t have any sane way of archiving Visual Voicemail data despite the fact that they’re just audio files downloaded via IMAP.)
I agree that a “nanny state” prohibition on useful features for the user just because some actors are abusive is a touch crazy.
In fact, the fact that the Australian Tax Office used a security method that is highly flawed should not preclude me from recording a phone call.
This is not hard to do on iOS using apps like TapeACall, by recording a speakerphone conversation, etc. In case you think the grass is greener: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/googles-accessibilit...
But since we were on iCloud. You know what I would want more than data transfer from iCloud? An ability to use iCloud alternatives. Better file access to apps, yes with stricter permissions, but better access and preferential treatment to its own shitty apps.