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Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit

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A newly-proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has “marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service...

Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit::A newly-proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has “marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service...

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This is an extra service they don’t have to offer. If they wanted to they could just drop the free tier altogether. You have space on your phone and you can back it up to your computer as well. I do t see the point of this lawsuit except “wah, they’re not giving me enough stuff for free!”
- This is an extra service they don’t have to offer.
  No, they could let you use someone else's service instead, but they've chosen to block that.
  you can back it up to your computer as well
  According to the article you literally can't
  Although based on the comments there, the article may be wrong on that point
  
  You can still do backups to your desktop like you used to do, it's just not usually necessary.
  
  I need to get my old shit off of my old computers and move it to iCloud. I’m paying for it, might as well fill it up. I’d like to look at photos without browsing old ass green drives.
  I won’t do it though.
  
  Amazon Photos works. Dropbox works. NextCloud works. What service are they blocking?
  
  iCloud backup is core to the OS, all user settings and app data is there. You can manually do it on a Mac apparently but no other service.
  
  I paid for a MacOS app to do it. Works great
  Syncios or something
  
  Apple nevertheless arbitrarily requires that its mobile device holders use iCloud to back up certain file types—mainly, device settings as well as apps and apps data (“Restricted Files”). With respect to other file types—e.g., photos and videos (“Accessible Files”)—Apple mobile device holders can select from other cloud-based storage providers servicing the market, including Google Drive, Sync.com, pCloud, and others.
  According to the suit
  
  The article is wrong.

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