Why does iCloud automatically back up every single app by default?

[Randomizer]

It's actually an excellent analogy. And as you point out, the technology is man-made, and humanity is distinct in being particualrly non-uniform in how they think and what their preferences are. As a result, what works for many people may not work for a minority of certain other people. Unfortunately this time, you're on the losing side of this. It happens.

Until Apple perfects hardware that can read minds, some effort will be required to let your phone (and icloud account) know what your preferences are.

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Like your whole argument, you're assuming that your specific experience is universal. It's not.

I know this is old but wanted to throw in my 2 cents. I agree that the backup function should not be able to arbitrarily determine what gets backed up and what does not and that having these items off by default might present issues to the average user. But I ask ...
1. Why must the apps be turned off one by one? Why not provide a turn off all function so that we can then turn those back on that we would want backed up. This would be far less time consuming then turning them off one by one.
2. Why are they all turned back with one delete backup selection? Of course - a 'turn off all' option would de-emphasize this one.

 

[IowaLynn]

I pay $0.99 per month.

For my Mac I would need a couple disk drives to be safe. Current system, TimeMachine, and yes clean the house ab d vacuum, do the laundry, rotate the tires if you will. See the dentist. Flossing I read is "optional."

Google backs up all my photos, no real cost. Amazon Prime has cloud service too.

Clean the dishes, take out the trash, fold the laundry.... never ends.

 

[itsmilo]

I just got an email saying I had almost reached my storage limit and would need to upgrade, so I went into my iCloud settings to see what I was backing up and I found this list. Is there any reason anyone would want or need to back up words with friends or facebook?

Cuz people are dumb and wouldnt use it properly then bitch about it when their stuff is gone after an issue

 

[Thor_1]

Cuz people are dumb and wouldnt use it properly then bitch about it when their stuff is gone after an issue

Agree. If it wasn't by default, the thread would be Apple didn't turn on backup by default and I lost all my app data.

 

[C DM]

Cuz people are dumb and wouldnt use it properly then bitch about it when their stuff is gone after an issue

Seems like all of that got pretty much addressed almost 2 years ago at this point, in the discussion on much of the first page of this thread.

 

[Thor_1]

Seems like all of that got pretty much addressed almost 2 years ago at this point in the discussion in the first page of this thread.

They need to add a gaint flashing bar that says this thread is really old.

Didn't even see the date.