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They replaced it with iCloud. I completely agree that a local NAS is different from and superior to an iCloud backup, but it's been replaced in their ecosystem
by LeifCarrotson 5y ago
They replaced it with iCloud.
I completely agree that a local NAS is different from and superior to an iCloud backup, but it's been replaced in their ecosystem.
- eric__cartman 5y agoApple probably realized that selling monthly, renewable subscriptions to "the cloud" allows them to squeeze more money out of their users than a one time sale of a NAS appliance.
- glhaynes 5y agoCan't ignore the usage rates, too. How many Mac users keep regular backups by separately buying/setting up/maintaining extra equipment vs. how many iPhone/iPad users keep regular backups by opting into iCloud Backup at the prompt during setup? I don't have statistics on it but it seems very likely that the latter model gets hugely more uptake.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago> They replaced it with iCloud. iCloud storage is currently just a syncing service, not an incremental backup service like Time Machine. So why doesn't Apple let you point Time Machine at an iCloud drive? Nobody knows! It makes no sense. If Apple let you point Time Machine at an iCloud drive for a small monthly fee, they would get millions of new signups overnight.