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[L]ooking at how much the OS is taking, for iOS 17 B4 it's using 11GB just for itself on my 14PM so that's a nice chunk of storage gone from say a 128GB iPhone
I remember the days when you could fit a bootable macOS plus an app on a 1.4 MB floppy disk and a computer with only 4 MB RAM. Of course, this was the early 90’s. I’m old.
 
I hope the price hike doest not apply to EU since we got a huge jump last year. Granted EUR has lost value last year but price hike covered more than the EUR/USD evolution.
 
Actually, why is there a maximum on iCloud storage at all?

If you want to pay for more space, surely it should be in Apple's best interest to sell more.
Million dollar question, it doesn't make sense at all?
Perhaps they have some outdated backup technology lol.

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I hope the price hike doest not apply to EU since we got a huge jump last year. Granted EUR has lost value last year but price hike covered more than the EUR/USD evolution.
Apple hasn't seen a huge drop in demand in Europe so until that happens I don't expect the price increases to stop/reverse. Apple has a 40-50% margin on its products for a reason.
 
Doesn't matter. I'm waiting for the iPhone 16 anyway. Not enough here for me to justify and upgrade.

/satire off

I say that EVERY year and EVERY year I get a new phone. I'm only using 42.2 GB of storage on my 14 PM right now, so storage doesn't seem to be an issue for me.

I mean, how MANY cat pictures can I put on my phone. Hint, I have over 100 right now.

So damn cute.
So funny, I say the same thing every year and already thinking of justifications to upgrade. If it is really light (where I can feel tangibly) from my 14PM that may be the deciding factor! I don’t really need anything else and need to squeeze some more life out of all these lightening to usb c cables I have invested in.
 
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Just curious, what are you storing locally that you need more? Apps? movies?

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Kinda odd that getting to the max iCloud requires this workaround. Actually, why is there a maximum on iCloud storage at all?

If you want to pay for more space, surely it should be in Apple's best interest to sell more.

One would think. I haven’t personally looked into it but from what I hear 4 TB is the max no matter how you slice it.

I think just like the Apple TV they kind of know they have to have cloud storage but they also really don’t want to get too far into it. Nothing fancy, just enough to be an accessory to the ecosystem.
 
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