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The AI moved all his iCloud data into his own service, and he cut iCloud to the free tier

Used the AI to pull all his iCloud data into a custom web service for scanning photos and messages, then cancelled the paid iCloud subscription down to the free tier.

How it works

  1. The AI pulls all his iCloud data
  2. Loads it into a custom web service for scanning photos and messages
  3. He cancels the paid iCloud tier down to free

Why it’s worth knowing

The exit only counts once the data is searchable somewhere else, and the agent did both halves.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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