It surprises me how many people are posting about how 5 FREE gigs aren't enough. It's not a service you're entitled to. The whole strategy is for customers to use up the free amount quickly and then feel like they need to pay more for the features it offers.
That's because of a lawsuit against Apple.
You aren't getting charged then. At all.I upgraded on the 28th for additional 50 GB, so all I am getting is two days for free, i.e. from September 28th 2013 till September 30th 2013.
Big deal, thank you Apple...
Ben
I love complaining, when I actually have something to complain about.
Because Microsoft , Dropbox , and google offer better services...
I have 25gigs free with skydrive
Aside from (inflexible) device back ups, I don't see what iCloud storage is good for.
Cool, can I have my iDisk back now?![]()
If you have a kid, you can easily accumulate 10GB in video and pictures in a year.
And for every vacation add another 2GB.
1.6 GB? You're working too hard - take a vacation.![]()
They built a ginormous data center and they shipped a few petabytes of iOS/OS X apps and iTunes content while I typed this sentence. They seem to be handling that spiffingly.Apple probably doesn't have the storage prowess to handle all that data right now unfortunately.
why are they doing this?
This one sentence alone sums up why this country is going to hell in a handbasket. We 'Mericans sure do love doing the opposite.
Uh, it recently became a free service. For several years Apple wanted money for cloud services similar to what others already offered for free. MobileMe kinda-sorta flopped, so now they (reluctantly) offer a free thingy called iCloud. And since it's Apple they of course want more for less if you want to upgrade -- 50GB on iCloud is $100/year, 100GB on SkyDrive is $50/year.Apple gives something for nothing and they still complain.
How are people using so much space? My iPad backup is 1.6GB (18 months of accumulated data) and my iPhone is 82MB.
A lot of Bitchy McBitchertons here.
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You aren't getting charged then. At all.
Geez. How many times do we have to friggin' say it?
Apple offer something for free, and people complain.
Unbelievable. Good job, Apple.
And for those that are wondering why Apple is doing this, obviously they screwed up when they gave MobileMe users an extension through 2050, so in this way they give these people a free year of service, and come out the winners in the PR department.
Because Microsoft , Dropbox , and google offer better services...
I have 25gigs free with skydrive
Aside from (inflexible) device back ups, I don't see what iCloud storage is good for.
the 25gb is pretty worthless to me without iDisk access. Im currently using .02GB and have 24.98 free
Every single time you wonder why apple does anything, remember that there is only one reason:
They figure that it will increase total profits.![]()