They really should increase the amount of free iCloud storage you get, especially if you own a high-capacity iOS device. That said, in my usage, it’s been worth paying for iCloud storage - especially since I can share my 2TB with the whole family.
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This ^ The 2tb plan is great. I find myself using it way more than my 1tb of google drive storage.
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Yeah I'm not paying to back up my phone and iCloud offers me exactly zero other features I care about.
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Hey, at least their backups work. But then you get what you pay for.
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Do you? Because I've had Time Capsule backups fail me repeatedly. Apple's just as bad at this as all the others sometimes. And, on that subject, not having wireless Time Capsule backups as an automatic option over iCloud is hilarious.
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Can’t say I’ve seen many issues with Time Capsule backups that weren’t an issue with the storage target. Actually I can’t think of any off hand. But I was referring to the phone backups, which from a business perspective are a godsend over dealing with Android.
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I'm sure that's true, but isn't super relevant in the consumer space. It tells me every day to do a backup but the only way to do so is to pay for it. Can't turn off the notification, either. I bought a $1200 phone that regularly prompts me to give it more money to be "safe"
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So your argument is that you want it all bundled in the price of the phone? You bought a $1200 phone and won’t spend $1.99 a month for backup space. When you buy a car do you expect gas to be free for the first year too?
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I already pay someone else to power my phone, so that analogy is fundamentally flawed. I'm fine with Apple asking for money for a backup. I'm not fine with being reminded daily that it needs to be done if I'm unwilling to pay for it. This isn't complicated.
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So if you nuke the iCloud backup and disable it, the notification doesn’t go away for you?
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No, it comes back multiple times a week. Wouldn't care if it was a one-off or even monthly.
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Lemme snag a device from the drawer tomorrow. I know I have devices not using iCloud and not prompting. I’ll see if I can figure out how the hell that was done again.
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Oh wait you're saying the answer is to not use iCloud at all? Why can't I have a button on my phone that says "don't do backups (this is unsafe)" and be done with it?
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