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Amazon Cloud Drive Now Includes Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans
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Similar pricing options for Canadian members, no unlimited available??
Sooooo... Let me get this straight, I can store a TB of photos for one price or a TB of other data for another price? It's all 1's and 0's! What's the difference?
This reminds me of something my Father used to ask: What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
Also reminds me of the old cell phone commercials: Data's data!
This reminds me of something my Father used to ask: What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
Also reminds me of the old cell phone commercials: Data's data!
Apple should take note of this, and start offering an unlimited iCloud storage tier for a similar price. This way, ,they can make their own solutions more attractive for their customers, as well as attract customers from competing cloud services. This would be a win-win for everyone. Apple's current iCloud storage pricing is very expensive compared to the competition.
This is just a speculation, but maybe it has something to do with the maintenance of the servers? It's possible that if you can design and build for just photos/video that you can use a certain hardware/software optimization that would achieve the same reliability but with lower cause, as compare to when you have to deal with all sort of file format? Maybe someone with more knowledge and speak to this. Or maybe it's just all about profit in the end, haha.
If you read their TOS, it says they may access, modify, or use your photos or "Your Files" how they see fit.
I would only upload encrypted images in encrypted folders.
Given how officially cozy Amazon is with the CIA...
Being in Europe, and given the neverending stream of NSA revelations, and furthermore given how officially cozy Amazon is with the CIA... I think I'll pass, thanks.
Being in Europe, and given the neverending stream of NSA revelations, and furthermore given how officially cozy Amazon is with the CIA... I think I'll pass, thanks.
But it's not 1TB is it? It's unlimited. So you can store ALL your photos for one price, or ALL your photos AND all your other stuff for another price.
Since all your photos + all your other stuff is more than just all your photos then of course it will cost more.
Since all your photos + all your other stuff is more than just all your photos then of course it will cost more.
This is tempting! Apple will have to offer unlimited soon if they want to remain competitive. Nearly all other services are moving in that direction.
Now only if I could get iPhoto or the new Photos app to store stuff on the Amazon Cloud I would use it.
Is Amazon still in the red? Seems like they have no worries undercutting everyone in everything they do. Hah.
You would think Amazon of all companies would know the definition of 'privacy'
"They are safe, until we need to access them, then they are not safe"
What iCloud SHOULD BE
I've emailed Tim a few times expressing my dislike for the iCloud, and this was the main reason. iCloud Drive should be able to take a video or photo I choose and store it at full rez. If I want to delete it from the phone or tablet, I can do so, and it is still in the cloud. Why this feature isn't active on iCloud now blows my mind. I pay .99 a month for more storage because I have a 16gb phone, but I can't store more than what my phone will hold. Good move Amazon, hope Apple follows!
I've emailed Tim a few times expressing my dislike for the iCloud, and this was the main reason. iCloud Drive should be able to take a video or photo I choose and store it at full rez. If I want to delete it from the phone or tablet, I can do so, and it is still in the cloud. Why this feature isn't active on iCloud now blows my mind. I pay .99 a month for more storage because I have a 16gb phone, but I can't store more than what my phone will hold. Good move Amazon, hope Apple follows!
I e-mailed Amazon UK regarding this announcement, and they replied stating that there are no plans to introduce an Unlimited tier at a similar price point in the UK.
Boo!
Boo!
Given that DropBox offers 1Tb for £96/year, I can't see many takers for Amazon's higher tiers of storage.
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Exactly what my first thought was. They are so behind the competition. I would subscribe in a heartbeat if they could just accept my whole library.
Competitive with what? You can always find a more economical solution than an Apple product. Apple doesn't have to compete on bottom line price when they can add convenience and prestige taxes. (I would say quality as well, but for Apple's notorioiusly poor history with online services.)
I doubt many people are going to choose to buy a Fire Phone over an iPhone, or buy more books or diapers from Amazon, because they saved a few dollars using Amazon's online storage.
Having multiple cloud accounts on which to store your pics is what will furnish you with a catastrophic failure backup.
Seriously? To put it simply... because those only choosing to backup photos will use a lot less.
Give me the chance to backup every photo I have and I'll use around 400GB. Let me backup everything and I'm using 15TB.