An Apple Photos glitch, now fixed, is a reminder that digital bits of your life will live on forever.
  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    It would be deleted if a factory reset actually did its job.

    I’m not unconvinced this is a move to get people to throw away there old phones instead of creating a used market.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      Factory reset is for the phone. Photo libraries are backed up to the cloud. The issue was the photos weren’t deleted in the cloud.

          • Screemu@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            It’s not in the article. Unless you’re referring to their speculation:

            Then there’s the bizarro version of delete where you’re quite convinced you’ve gone through every single device and deleted your photos permanently, and then a restore from an old iCloud backup or a pernicious little iOS bug resurfaces those photos. Surprise! That appears to be what triggered this latest incident.

            Which is not what this bug was about at all.

            Yeah it’s bad news reporting from Wired, but people seem to gobble it up as facts.

      • desktop_userEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        why would someone not immediately disable cloud backups upon purchasing a device? are they stupid?

    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      I wish I could write like y’all. You invent such great fantasies.

      The VAST majority will never hear about this and will never be a consideration. Nobody at apple is running a secret “we won’t wipe the device” team to sell more phones. That’s paranoia.

      You should also read the article because that would also tell you something about what is actually happening here.