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> Non-iTunes Store music costs a yearly fee to store My understanding is that it only costs a fee if you want to "upgrade" from your matched ripped tracks--mat

> Non-iTunes Store music costs a yearly fee to store My understanding is that it only costs a fee if you want to "upgrade" from your matched ripped tracks--matching means you don't have to upload it "manually".

irahul 15y ago
The OP's point was more about how confusing it is. We have an example right here - if 2 of you who did read the post aren't sure about the terms, how is Apple going to target its not-so-tech-savvy consumers? If someone gets charged for an unexpected amount once, he might not be too enthusiastic about using it - since he does not understand the pricing. The people who read the pricing will very likely deem it complicated and might run off to other services viz. dropbox.
- ctdonath 15y ago
  Stay in the walled garden, and all will be well. Do something outside it, gonna cost ya.
  - irahul 15y ago
    Except that here the walls of the walled garden aren't obvious. What's going to cost and what's free is very confusing. And in this case, it's not a walled garden per se. Apple is providing a storage service on its own terms. AppStore is more like walled garden - Apple is providing a service with its own terms which are unnecessarily limiting the producers. Even that is upto debate but we can agree AppStore is more like walled garden.
- Steko 15y ago
  "how is Apple going to target its not-so-tech-savvy consumers?" They have a pretty good track record. I mean the rules and regulations about itms media were pretty labyrinthine but it's not like casual consumers were running around tearing their hair out until dvdjon came along.
- guptaneil 15y ago
  It's virtually impossible for somebody to get charged an unexpected amount. Sure, there are lots of fine print to the service that Apple drew out for the benefit of developers, but as far as an end consumer is concerned, the value proposition is very simple: iCloud keeps all of my devices in sync for free. That's it. Very rarely, if ever, will somebody actually hit one of the edge cases where the syncing does not work as expected due to one of the above limitations. Even if this does happen, they won't be charged for it. If I want to backup my own pirated music, it'll cost me $25/year. That's pretty simple to understand. If I agree, then I will be charged a flat annual rate. There's no way for an unexpected charge to show up with this sort of pricing model.

irahul 15y ago

The OP's point was more about how confusing it is. We have an example right here - if 2 of you who did read the post aren't sure about the terms, how is Apple going to target its not-so-tech-savvy consumers? If someone gets charged for an unexpected amount once, he might not be too enthusiastic about using it - since he does not understand the pricing. The people who read the pricing will very likely deem it complicated and might run off to other services viz. dropbox.

ctdonath 15y ago
Stay in the walled garden, and all will be well. Do something outside it, gonna cost ya.
- irahul 15y ago
  Except that here the walls of the walled garden aren't obvious. What's going to cost and what's free is very confusing. And in this case, it's not a walled garden per se. Apple is providing a storage service on its own terms. AppStore is more like walled garden - Apple is providing a service with its own terms which are unnecessarily limiting the producers. Even that is upto debate but we can agree AppStore is more like walled garden.
Steko 15y ago
"how is Apple going to target its not-so-tech-savvy consumers?" They have a pretty good track record. I mean the rules and regulations about itms media were pretty labyrinthine but it's not like casual consumers were running around tearing their hair out until dvdjon came along.
guptaneil 15y ago
It's virtually impossible for somebody to get charged an unexpected amount. Sure, there are lots of fine print to the service that Apple drew out for the benefit of developers, but as far as an end consumer is concerned, the value proposition is very simple: iCloud keeps all of my devices in sync for free. That's it. Very rarely, if ever, will somebody actually hit one of the edge cases where the syncing does not work as expected due to one of the above limitations. Even if this does happen, they won't be charged for it. If I want to backup my own pirated music, it'll cost me $25/year. That's pretty simple to understand. If I agree, then I will be charged a flat annual rate. There's no way for an unexpected charge to show up with this sort of pricing model.