One of the worst things about the move to smartphones is the inability to make full backups. I don't understand. It's my own device, all the data belongs to me, and I should be able to back it up whenever I want.
If you choose to manage your phone from a Mac, then you can save a full backup.
Requires payment for backup of any meaningful size.
> locally to your own storage
I don't own a mac. I own Linux. How do I backup iOS to my device? How do I restore it?
That's the trouble with these niche desktop platforms, people don't write software for them.
Does idevicebackup/idevicerestore not work anymore?
But agreed, there's no technical reason why the phone can't just accept normal USB-connected storage and store a file in there (in whatever proprietary/encrypted format it wants, but at least the _storage_ is standards-compliant).
That's what you think, but based on the actions of the companies doing this stuff, clearly they don't and strongly want you to be happy with owning nothing.
Says who? I have been using this for years:
adb backup -f backup.ab -apk -noshared -all -systemDo something about it? Get an Android phone you can root and own your device;
And if you feel you are missing something, slap an apple sticker on the back /s
I kinda prefer iCloud style backups.