Apple Stole My Music

Post by flyinghamster » Thu, May 05, 2016, 4:21 PM UTC

clapinton wrote: post #285

funkyy wrote: post #75

I am surprised at people trying to rationale Apples wrongdoing by pointing at Google and bringing some crazy examples. There is no rationale in this - this is outright breaking your privacy and ownership rights. No terms and conditions can be above law. It doesn't matter what others do - Apple is doing those crazy things here and there trying to test the ground which indicates they are not pro privacy and pro user, b…

Remember the U2 fiasco, when Apple decided to break into your computer and push their new album through iTunes? It seems like whenever Apple decides to take control of your files, shit happens. Back in the day, I tried to use iTunes for a while when I bought my iPod. One of the first things that it asked me was to take control of my music, as it would reorganize it by itself. I agreed, but tested it first with a smal…

Post by Natanael_L » Thu, May 05, 2016, 4:27 PM UTC

leephillips wrote: post #313

digi_owl wrote: post #298

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MTP is a bit of a mess. First off, file access is mediated via software on the Android side. What you are seeing is a database representation of the device FS. And this database can be incorrect (people have in the past deleted folders they thought were empty only to lose files) or used to implement DRM. Second, it is bloody slow.

Interesting. Is there a way to bypass this and mount the phone as an ordinary filesystem, as in the old days?

Post by piyush_soni » Thu, May 05, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

dingo_bat wrote: post #307

fps wrote: post #150

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> Oh there's a download all button too, but it does NOT return the original files. It does return the original files. Here are two files, one that got backed up off my phone by google photos, which I then downloaded from google drive, and one that I copied directly off my phone via USB: $ md5sum IMG_20160504_160057648_HDR* 4bcb38a2e3869b4c769301c1664f5846 IMG_20160504_160057648_HDR (1).jpg 4bcb38a2e3869b4c769301c1664…

How big are your files? How many megapixels? I just see that the pictures in my phone are ~4-5 megabytes big and when I download them from google.com/photos, they are just a bit under a megabyte mostly.

Post by NicoJuicy » Thu, May 05, 2016, 4:33 PM UTC

Esau wrote: post #299

RussianCow wrote: post #149

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I don't know if I'm alone, but I find Windows 10 horrible. It consistently freezes on me for several seconds at a time (and usually when I'm doing something important), it takes longer to fully boot (background services seem to take way longer to start), it uses an incredible amount of CPU and disk in the background for no reason, the new Control Panel is impossible to sort through, and the overall UI/UX is a step ba…

"amount of CPU and disk in the background for no reason" That's probably from the built-in spyware and forced upgrade processes that run in the background.

Post by dingo_bat » Thu, May 05, 2016, 4:38 PM UTC

piyush_soni wrote: post #325

dingo_bat wrote: post #307

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How big are your files? How many megapixels? I just see that the pictures in my phone are ~4-5 megabytes big and when I download them from google.com/photos, they are just a bit under a megabyte mostly.

There's an option to upload the pics at 'Original Size' or 'High Quality' (reduced). If you use the Original quality (which counts against your storage), you should see the same image.