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…

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I hate this the most about my iPhone. I’m currently on my 3rd Apple device, but you don’t get more storage every time you buy one. So if you have an iPhone and an iPad you’re still stuck with 5gb, and it’s shared with you backups and your cloud-based apps like photo sync, message sync. That 5gb is gone pretty quick.

    It’s easy enough to sync photos elsewhere, but not messages. So the $1/mo storage upgrade becomes really attractive.

    I hope this opens up their backup service but I doubt it.

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      8 months ago

      You don’t need to backup messages to iCloud for it to sync across devices. I have multiple iPhones and iPads on one account and don’t come across this issue because I backup photos to my laptop.

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      8 months ago

      It’s shared across the account, the devices don’t matter. That’s what makes it seamless.

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        8 months ago

        My issue is that you don’t get more space for each active device you add to the account.

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          8 months ago

          And the point is that the data you share across them is identical. Additional devices does not create additional data, your usage of them does.

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              8 months ago

              It does–if you are signed in to all locations and have the sync settings turned on across them all, then all data will be uploaded. But if you have more photos across all devices than your plan will allow for upload, then anything extra will no longer upload unless you pay for additional space.