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Report: iCloud Is the Most Popular Apple Subscription Service in the US
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It only makes sense, when you're terrible at handling your finances or are exceptionally clumsy. Otherwise, just bite the bullet when you break the phone and repair it or buy a new one.
But hey, if it makes one feel better, then sure, buy Apple Care and be happy.
That’s because you live in the RDF field of the haters and critics on tech blog forums. In the real world things are quite different. You should try looking at reality sometime.
I had a free four-month trial of Apple Arcade and never used it once 🤣.
I pay for Apple Arcade. I just don't play it. (AppleOne is the culprit.)
I seem to be using it more as times goes on. Not too much. Enough that I would miss it if I got rid of AppleOne.
And AppleOne is the reason it has as many subs as it does I would think.
my kid did that a week ago. I told him he won't last a month. He said, "Challenge accepted."
The fact that 36% of users don't subscribe would seem to refute that fact.
As long as they don't use iCloud services (Mail, Photos, Drive), I think most people would be fine without paying for iCloud.
The way iPhones come configured by default, they use gobs of iCloud storage in no time and Apple's messaging tells people very little about how to deal with it without paying for more storage. It's nothing more than a shakedown and Apple should be ashamed for it.
Always driven me insane that there aren't finer grained controls on how much storage Photos can use on iOS/iPadOS devices
It's all by design. It's a shakedown. I refuse to take part. The only thing I use iCloud for is activation lock.
Who said anything about not using the phone? There are certainly popular alternatives to iCloud Drive, Photos, and Mail.
I use my phone just fine without paying for iCloud and I can still backup my phone to it.. I backup locally, too and sync my photos locally, so my iCloud backup size is only 1.5gb. My phone is 256gb.
Contacts, calendar and mail are with Google.
Same here, I back up locally and only use iCloud for basic syncing (namely Obsidian notes) and activation lock.
It's not as simple as it is with an Android device, where you just plug it in to your computer, unlock the Android and tell it to allow access over USB, and then access most of it like a regular drive.
I find Photos are the only thing I need to backup to a separate device. I use Synology Photos, and their Apple App "Photos Mobile" to backup my photos to my NAS. Then I free up my space.
The rest, such as email, contact and calendar are with Google, and my iMessages are with the free iCloud 5GB.
A bit annoying, but it's one way I've avoided iCloud costs.
The rest, such as email, contact and calendar are with Google, and my iMessages are with the free iCloud 5GB.
A bit annoying, but it's one way I've avoided iCloud costs.
It's even more simple. Plug in your iPhone, approve it on the phone and Mac/PC. Hit backup. Check the automatic backup tick.
Forever after that. Plug in it, wait. That's all.
Possibly a lot of people who don't care, but get it "free" with their premier tier Apple One sub they have for Fitness+?
I want the ability to access the backed up files individually on the PC, though.
Apple’s storage prices, whether it’s RAM, SSD or cloud storage, have gotten way out of whack and completely detached from reality. The numbnuts running the show at Apple have their heads up their spreadsheets.
The real problem, of course, is lack of competition. That’s why Apple can charge $380 for an additional 8GB RAM and 256GB of SSD storage for a $499 Mac mini which is downright criminal.
The real problem, of course, is lack of competition. That’s why Apple can charge $380 for an additional 8GB RAM and 256GB of SSD storage for a $499 Mac mini which is downright criminal.
You forgot that you have to launch Finder and click on your phone first - that’s what makes it so complicated /s
Nonsense. I don't use it on my iPad.
edit: I'm wrong, I turned it on to backup the keychain, which I only started relying on a few months ago. Had just been using Firefox's password manager until then.
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