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Except the free tier on iCloud is miniscule so you're forced to stump up cash if you actually want to backup. Plus iCloud is stubbornly not E2EE.
by philjohn 4y ago
Except the free tier on iCloud is miniscule so you're forced to stump up cash if you actually want to backup.
Plus iCloud is stubbornly not E2EE.
- theshrike79 4y agoYou need to fork up all of $0.99 a month for 50GB.
- colejohnson66 4y agoIt does seem petty. “I just paid for a $1000 phone with a massive markup and you mean I have to pay an extra $12 to get a decent amount of storage?” It’s not like the 99¢ gets you a terabyte; you only get 50 GB. They could just swallow the cost, but they don’t.
- theshrike79 4y agoContinuous services are taxed and accounted differently from one-time costs. They hook you in with the $1 option, you see how useful iCloud is and then you'll fork up even more. Then you notice that your whole family can share the subscription and soon you'll be paying $10 for the 2TB option and are an Apple One subscriber. That's just good business nowadays. All companies _could_ just sell stuff with an one-time fee and provide a service forever, but it's not fiscally responsible in the long run.
- philjohn 4y agoIt's still an extra cost, and 50GB when you've got 30GB of message history, 60 GB of photos and other data doesn't cut it.
- theshrike79 4y agoThen you can pay the immense cost of $3/mo for 200GB. Subscriptions are what guarantees quality, you are paying for the service so you can expect a certain level of quality.