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I don't know if it's mentioned in the lawsuit, but Apple has a "You need to upgrade your storage..." box that annoyingly pops up once you have reached the iClou
by danielfoster 3y ago
I don't know if it's mentioned in the lawsuit, but Apple has a "You need to upgrade your storage..." box that annoyingly pops up once you have reached the iCloud storage limit.
There are a number of issues with how Apple implemented and markets iCloud:
1. Apple offers no options to help manage what you would like to remove to free up space, but rather presents a plan upgrade as the only option.
2. Apple also encourages the syncing of as many devices as possible and unnecessarily offloads unused items into iCloud to fill the storage space. Again, Apple does not explain to users how they can reduce the use of storage.
3. I recently helped a friend's child use Quicktime. It was not possible to start new recordings in the app until the annoying "Upgrade your storage" pop-up was closed.
To summarize, Apple's iCloud storage feels very shady and gimmicky relative to their old ethos of focusing on the customer. It is especially designed to help the shareholder, not the user.
- fingerlocks 3y agoWouldn’t all of this go away if you just turned off iCloud? Yes, the free tier comes with advertisements. That’s a very common pricing model.
- smoldesu 3y ago> Yes, the free tier comes with advertisements. That’s a very common pricing model. But like, built into your OS? That's a new low that was reserved only for Microsoft for a while. I agree with the parent comment - this sort of first-party advertisement was one of the things that soured me on MacOS.