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Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit (9to5mac.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit::A newly-proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has “marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is an extra service they don’t have to offer. If they wanted to they could just drop the free tier altogether. You have space on your phone and you can back it up to your computer as well. I do t see the point of this lawsuit except “wah, they’re not giving me enough stuff for free!”

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

This is an extra service they don’t have to offer.

No, they could let you use someone else's service instead, but they've chosen to block that.

you can back it up to your computer as well

According to the article you literally can't

Although based on the comments there, the article may be wrong on that point

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can still do backups to your desktop like you used to do, it's just not usually necessary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I need to get my old shit off of my old computers and move it to iCloud. I’m paying for it, might as well fill it up. I’d like to look at photos without browsing old ass green drives.

I won’t do it though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Amazon Photos works. Dropbox works. NextCloud works. What service are they blocking?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

iCloud backup is core to the OS, all user settings and app data is there. You can manually do it on a Mac apparently but no other service.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I paid for a MacOS app to do it. Works great

Syncios or something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Apple nevertheless arbitrarily requires that its mobile device holders use iCloud to back up certain file types—mainly, device settings as well as apps and apps data (“Restricted Files”). With respect to other file types—e.g., photos and videos (“Accessible Files”)—Apple mobile device holders can select from other cloud-based storage providers servicing the market, including Google Drive, Sync.com, pCloud, and others.

According to the suit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The article is wrong.