Their profit margin is dictated by you. The consumer. People like you routinely buy their products and are happy to accept the premium cost. If you didn't do this, they wouldn't charge so much. But you do buy their products, so the only responsible group are the consumers themselves.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Hikes iCloud+ Subscription Prices in Many Countries Around the World
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Where are you getting Office 365 for $20 a year?
Microsoft OneDrive is available on iOS/iPadOS, and you can set it so any photos and videos you take will automatically be uploaded to OneDrive.
Automatically save photos and videos with OneDrive on iOS - Microsoft Support
Learn to automatically upload photos and videos in the OneDrive app for iOS: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Mobile and Mac for OneDrive - Microsoft Support
Oh no, I'll now be paying £11.88/year instead of £9.48?
Seriously though we all knew this was coming but it's a joke that Apple still only offers 5GB free. 10GB would go a long way. Google can offer 15GB for free so I don't see why Apple can't.
Seriously though we all knew this was coming but it's a joke that Apple still only offers 5GB free. 10GB would go a long way. Google can offer 15GB for free so I don't see why Apple can't.
I just want Apple One in The Netherlands with 2TB, but since we don't get Apple Fitness+ here for some reason only knows to the Gods and Apple, it's limited to 200GB.
Remove PhotoStream then up the prices a day later, yep... nicely done
Right here. Part of Microsoft 365 Basic, a new tier that debuted this year. $20 a year and you got access to Office on the web as well as 100 gb of OneDrive storage.
Cloud Storage Pricing and Plans
Compare plans and pricing for cloud storage. Get 5 GB of free cloud storage or upgrade to a Microsoft 365 subscription to unlock extra storage, more features, and advanced security.
www.microsoft.com
Thanks. I guessed that part but more wondering about app data and backups.Microsoft OneDrive is available on iOS/iPadOS, and you can set it so any photos and videos you take will automatically be uploaded to OneDrive.
Automatically save photos and videos with OneDrive on iOS - Microsoft Support
Learn to automatically upload photos and videos in the OneDrive app for iOS: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.support.microsoft.com
Mobile and Mac for OneDrive - Microsoft Support
support.microsoft.com
Now, that is pretty neat!
For you - possibly, for an average Apple customer - very unlikely. The amount of time & energy spent figuring it all out, getting the hardware going, having to test and monitor it - brr, what a nightmare! I mean it is an extra 0.50 whatever per month and is actually quite useful.
This family of four surpassed the 2TB plan (which will only increase as the kids get phones at some point - holding off as long as possible). BTW, you can add more TB. If you’re so inclined. We’re on the 4TB “plan.” Gulp.
Maybe? I haven’t checked in a while, thus I could be wrong, but want to say one could increase by 2TB chunks beyond 4TB. Again, could be wrong.
I actually don't sub to iCloud+ for storage (I'm currently only using about 450MB out of my free 5GB. Total storage I have is 50GB). The only use I get out of it is Hide my Email and Private Relay. I am paying for a VPN so I could live without Private Relay. If I could find a way to generate temporary emails then I'd ditch iCloud+. I could make a throwaway email to deal with junk/one off accounts instead of using my main email.
BUT.... even after this price "hike" it's only £12/year which is basically nothing (an extra £2.50/year lol) so I'll let my subscription continue.
BUT.... even after this price "hike" it's only £12/year which is basically nothing (an extra £2.50/year lol) so I'll let my subscription continue.
Check out post #45 here. As for Google, they actively try to monetise on any of your contents and it is not even a secret.
I’m probably in the minority, but a tier between 50 and 200 GB would be welcome. Between 3 iOS devices, I’m only just over 50, but well below 200.
(Only one phone really generates most of the backup data.)
I may cancel iCloud+ altogether now that I plan to use iMazing.
(Only one phone really generates most of the backup data.)
I may cancel iCloud+ altogether now that I plan to use iMazing.
Fair enough but Apple should still be able to manage an extra 5GB lol. They are worth $3 Trillion so don't give me any excuses.
Not really how the math works.
- You're assuming every single customer uses up his or her free 5GB. This is most likely not the case.
- Not sure how you got $573M. It should be $57.3M ($0.0675×850M).
- Apple has 2B active devices in early 2023. Considering most people have multiple Apple devices and a lot of us even have multiple Apple IDs, e.g., for work/school and for personal use, the actual number of users must be considerably lower than 2B and a lot of Apple IDs probably have very little iCloud usage.
Apple is milking its users on RAMs and cloud storage. Given how integrated iCloud is to Apple's ecosystem, 5GB is really a travesty and the amount Apple is charging for the paid tiers is downright shameful.
Last edited:
And with attitudes like yours, Apple will continue giving people less and charging more (for everything).
Apple has built a trillion-dollar+ business around nickel and diming its customers. That will only intensify.
That's one way to look at it.
Another perspective is that 5GB is Apple's way of getting you started with using iCloud so you're more incentivized to upgrade to a bigger plan later on.
It's essentially a "free trail" of sorts that's so limited that it's barely usable but still enough to let you see all the advantages to using it. Or rather, just enough to get you store various small amounts of data from apps only to have you run out of storage space very soon and then agree to paying a few $ per month just to have it stop pestering you about lack of storage.
The only thing it did, was to make apple one more appealing.
The increase in storage service is nearly 30%, but apple one increased by about 15% (in the UK)
Apple One : 19.95 -> 22.95
2TB Storage : 6.99 -> 8.99
Maybe it is time to switch to apple one or move to other cloud providers (only if it was so easy)
The increase in storage service is nearly 30%, but apple one increased by about 15% (in the UK)
Apple One : 19.95 -> 22.95
2TB Storage : 6.99 -> 8.99
Maybe it is time to switch to apple one or move to other cloud providers (only if it was so easy)
You left off a zero. Each of the 5 users on a $100 annual M365 license gets 1000GB (1TB), plus the use of the full Office suite on up to 5 or 6 computers PER USER. No one can argue that comparatively, M365 isn't a great deal!
EDIT: I see you were talking about M365 Basic. In any case, if you have 5 people to share M365 Family, everyone gets 1TB as part of their $20 each subscription.