This is incredibly good news — both Google and Apple need to do much better with consumer-friendly ways to important and export basic PIM data like notes, contacts, etc.https://t.co/hCC1SPgyjE

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) July 30, 2019

This is really cool and interesting and ALSO I cannot wait for it go terribly wrong in some unanticipated form, because that is our present-day reality, nothing good is allowed to stay good https://t.co/nAnE3Z4QQc

— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) July 30, 2019

I worked on this at Apple. Glad to see the effort become public. Empowers users to move their data when they desire to another ecosystem. Data portability in GDPR terms. https://t.co/9vnnXHXLHe

— Rakesh (@densaer) July 31, 2019

Apple Joins Data Transfer Project to Enable Seamless Data Transfer Across Platforms - by @mehedih_ - https://t.co/IbFK84yhvX pic.twitter.com/peLLmxGIZv

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) July 31, 2019

Apple joins Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Mastodon, and others in data-sharing project https://t.co/rdoFIKPDH1

The goal is to (finally!) build simple tools to move your photos, posts, contacts, and other data between services.

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— David Chartier (@chartier) July 31, 2019

Fascinating, had no idea this existed - 'an open-source project aimed at making it easier to transfer data from one service to another'. Should make it easier to actually enforce data portability rights (and also act as a hedge against antitrust action :)) https://t.co/16PDjGBZDE

— Vinay Kesari (@vinaykesari) July 31, 2019

This is neat, but also more evidence that specific consumer datasets are not the competitive advantage that large tech firms enjoy. It's more likely to be the _systems for processing data_ and access to the elite technical talent who can build them. https://t.co/na6luVYOWl

— Caleb Watney (@calebwatney) July 31, 2019

.@Apple has become the latest partner in a Data Transfer Project that includes the likes of @Google, @Microsoft and @facebook. https://t.co/Y8Mur8buzU

— Access Now (@accessnow) July 31, 2019

Very interesting - we couldn't agree more that #datamobility is the future of the Personal Data Economy: Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project https://t.co/oBkEVkBR8g pic.twitter.com/wwhchf1S4b

— digi.me (@digime) July 31, 2019

Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Microsoft in data-sharing project https://t.co/wBNZ1d0eSv pic.twitter.com/i86qHlpxcQ

— The Verge (@verge) July 31, 2019

Apple joining will get the headlines here, but Solid and Mastodon signing up is really interesting.https://t.co/2ZwdwcbBFO

— Simon McDougall (@simcd) July 30, 2019

Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project https://t.co/uNR34cuhHi

— Fabio Chiusi (@fabiochiusi) July 31, 2019

Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project https://t.co/7zjFFTvvAK #Datenfüralle

— Lutz Mache (@lutzmache) July 31, 2019

Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Microsoft in data-sharing project https://t.co/wBNZ1d0eSv pic.twitter.com/ER6ZJEWhDh

— The Verge (@verge) July 30, 2019