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~~{{See also|Right to own}}~~

'''Data lock-in''' prevents device owners from accessing data stored on the device they own. For example, some mobile applications store user data in a way they can only be viewed from inside the app, with no possibility of creating backups or moving them to external data storage to make space free.

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In comparison, Google Chrome on mobile stores web pages as MHTML files in the download folder where they are not locked in, and Firefox on mobile completely lacks a feature to save pages.

===Saved pages in Apple Safari on iPhone===

Apple refers to saved pages as the "reading list", a name that implies the feature is intended for storing pages only until they are read, not for archival. Like with Samsung, people have asked for an ability to export saved pages. Apple has not responded.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.10-130524/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293638?sortBy=rank How do you EXPORT your Reading List from Safari - Apple Community]</ref>

===Android data folder===

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<ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ My Dependencies on the Cloud] - Karl Voit</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Right to own]]

==References==

[[Category:Common terms]]

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-{{See also|Right to own}}
 '''Data lock-in''' prevents device owners from accessing data stored on the device they own. For example, some mobile applications store user data in a way they can only be viewed from inside the app, with no possibility of creating backups or moving them to external data storage to make space free.
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 In comparison, Google Chrome on mobile stores web pages as MHTML files in the download folder where they are not locked in, and Firefox on mobile completely lacks a feature to save pages.
+===Saved pages in Apple Safari on iPhone===
+Apple refers to saved pages as the "reading list", a name that implies the feature is intended for storing pages only until they are read, not for archival. Like with Samsung, people have asked for an ability to export saved pages. Apple has not responded.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.10-130524/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293638?sortBy=rank How do you EXPORT your Reading List from Safari - Apple Community]</ref>
 ===Android data folder===
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 </blockquote>
 <ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ My Dependencies on the Cloud] - Karl Voit</ref>
+== See also ==
+* [[Right to own]]
 ==References==
 <references />
 [[Category:Common terms]]