[indemnity]

Enabling ADP breaks all kinds of things in Apple’s ecosystem subtly with incredibly arcane errors.

I was unable to use Apple Fitness+ on my TV due to it telling me my Watch couldn’t pair with the TV.

The problem went away when turning off ADP.

To turn off ADP required opening a support case with Apple which took three weeks to resolve, before this an attempt to turn off would just fail with no detailed error.

Other things like iCloud on the web were disabled with ADP on.

I just wanted encrypted backups, that was it.

[Angostura]

That chimes roughly with my experience, but to be fair ADP is designed not just for encrypted backups, but to harden the ecosystem for people who may be under the greatest threat. Worth noting that it has been outlawed in the UK and cannot be enabled, which makes me think it's pretty decent

[traceroute66]

> Worth noting that it has been outlawed in the UK and cannot be enabled

For the record, there is an ongoing court battle between Apple and UK government about getting it overturned.

Which also says many positive things for Apple that they are willing to put their money where their mouth is and put up a fight.

[mvandermeulen]

You wouldn’t happen to work in North Norfolk would you?

[int_19h]

FWIW I've been running ADP for over a year now, and so far I haven't noticed any problems.

iCloud on the web not being available is kind of expected; how would it work with E2EE?

[blueone]

Huh, that’s crazy because ADP doesn’t break anything for me. Then again, I’m not trying to connect an Apple Watch to a tv. What a simple life I live.