It is not a big deal and it never was. Anyone can find a backup solution that works best for him and his setup if he wanted.
But it does seem that something else is…
Oh I get it, and would I have been in the situation I found myself in a month ago if I’d been less trusting and more cynical, obviously not. But then again this issue was not why I was in that situation either, as that happened before the change, the change just made it more likely that that issue would have happened, perhaps worse.
This is why the community exists, and why it’s essential, so that others learn from the lessons of their peers, right? But you don’t look for a solution to a problem you’ve yet to experience. Community resolutions are largely postmortem, perhaps almost literally so when the solution to an issue is one that could set you back to the beginning, and could sour your whole opinion of a product.
Not sure what to tell you, these forums are littered with the other backup methods because that’s all that existed before 2025.1. This is literally the newest feature of HA, and you’re under the assumption that it’s going to stay like this forever.
The new backup method doesn’t even make auto backups in my case…
What a useless system.
Good I still have Google drive backup addon working