The UK demands a backdoor in the backups, so having an alternative backup app isn't the solution here. All the alternatives would just get forced into also adding backdoors, or everyone working for the companies that provide alternatives find themselves unable to ever enter the UK again.
That said, I do wish there were more backup solutions for mobile platforms. Android has an API for this, but it's only available to software signed with manufacturer keys. LineageOS and various other custom ROMs use this to allow Seedvault backups, but as a stock Android user I can only pick between Google backups and no backups.
On the other hand, these backups do contain material you don't necessarily want random apps to have access to. Seeing how powerful stalkerware/"parental control" already is on Android, I recognise that there are dangers that the general population might not realise. Adding additional warnings and messages about backups (even when the backups are made using manufacturer software) would probably strike a balance, though.
Both Apple and Android (stock) are candidates for anti-monopoly regulations regarding the limited, vendor locked backup API.
Enforcing choice of the backup solution would solve the problem of rogue countries like the UK meddling with privacy and security.
Like the browser choice, backup provider choice can end up being enforced, likely by the EU as they have a good history of breaking up vendor lock-ins.
Possibly an information/lobby campaign can be started and endorsed by some major online storage providers?
I agree, though with Android an argument can be had that Samsung and other manufacturers can offer alternatives if they want to (they have their own stores and their own platform keys).
I don't think there's a large lobby for the backup app industry but a lawsuit against Apple/Google/Samsung should be easily won here.
No android backup software I've seen is remotely good enough though: as in "indeop my phone in a shredder, and replace it with another identical model but thanks to the backup it relaunches exactly as it was"
Like a bunch of stuff will backup data, yet it's just about impossible to autonomously and confidently ensure I can restore my home screen and other app configuration data.
That said, I do wish there were more backup solutions for mobile platforms. Android has an API for this, but it's only available to software signed with manufacturer keys. LineageOS and various other custom ROMs use this to allow Seedvault backups, but as a stock Android user I can only pick between Google backups and no backups.
On the other hand, these backups do contain material you don't necessarily want random apps to have access to. Seeing how powerful stalkerware/"parental control" already is on Android, I recognise that there are dangers that the general population might not realise. Adding additional warnings and messages about backups (even when the backups are made using manufacturer software) would probably strike a balance, though.