Re iMazing as a paid product/service: I don’t work or endorse any — I’m just sharing that I own/use iMazing, for several years, and it’s worth the investment.
Technical development, subsequent product maintenance, further upgrades and enhancements are definitely not cost-free (!). I whole heartedly believe people should get compensated for the hard work of creating a product/service delivery done RIGHT.
I’d MUCH rather pay for something really good, than get something sketchy or “meh-y” for free. I prefer the business model of “consumer-as-client” revenue stream, vs “consumer-as-passive-participant-of-advertiser-as-client” revenue source.
That said, I have not done a deep dive into vetting the sketch-factor of iMazing (high or low), other than a basic skeleton search in online community forums & tech reviews. I didn’t find any outward red flags, but I am still curious would like to research more. I feel a little uneasy giving full access to everything within my iphone to a new 3rd party.
As a product, I’ve have been surprisingly delighted by iMazing’s user-friendly aesthetic of input & outputs, the thoughtful variables created allowing for (fairly) intuitive execution of more complex data demands, and the (mostly ) accurate display of results.
There are certainly still irksome glitches and cumbersome workarounds necessary to achieve some results that should be more straightforward/readily available.
It’s been on my “to do list” to report these to their customer service. If they aren’t getting feedback from users like myself, then maybe they are unaware of my pain points. I’ll withhold final judgement until I can provide the company with some product feedback, and then observe the message/meaning/method of their response’s effectiveness.
For now I am accepting the quirks as a ‘side effect’ of having robust, configurable, & scaleable functionality that exceeds the several others I’ve tried over the years.
In the meantime, I hope the company can stay viable, and will continues to improve upon their standout product.
if other legitimate contributors have other add-on alternatives to backup file management/manipulation/display (hacks within, or other enlisted external products, I am super interested in learning more about them.
Thank you!
