As a side effect, result from all the tiny &#x27;improvements&#x27; since Snow Leopard, I have moved everything from stock apps and services. Ecosystem is simply not something I would rely on. Mutt&#x2F;offlineimap for mail. Baïkal (on my own server) for contacts and calendar. My photos are outside of Photos. My music is outside of iTunes. As a final result of the process, my iCloud account has all the checkboxes unchecked. I would not strive to be OS agnostic if Apple didn&#x27;t bend over backwards to tie me in into their services.
So yeah I agree with other comments, half of the hidden gestures are there to tie us in. Bad move.