# Hardware To Be a God

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**Tags:** hardware\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 5:52am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/hardware-to-be-a-god/12823 "2022-05-24T05:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Felix](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/felix/32/17_2.png) [@Felix](http://selectbutton.net/u/Felix)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/hardware-to-be-a-god/12823/2010 "2023-08-21T20:49:31Z")

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yeah there are lots and lots of alternatives in practice to “use iTunes” and iOS hasn’t been as restrictive in practice as that implies in years now, but _in principle_ I think the experience of trying to keep 40G of flac or something on an iPhone will still be extremely bad. I wouldn’t advise most people against an iPhone on this basis, and @physical is right that iCloud is super painless for photos (except syncing to a windows machine, it’s horrible at that), but if you’re liable to get annoyed about it, switching ecosystems is no fun anyway

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