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

submitted 10 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] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they seem to be arguing that Apple isn't spending enough money to offer a free service it never had to offer because reasons.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

What!? the company that weaponizes vendor-lockin the most is overcharging for their service!?!?!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

The article is wrong.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

It really sucks what they do. I have an iPad for the kids and it always complains about storage being full and offers me the "upgrade". I will never pay them that $1.

Edit: "downvotes" don't mean shit on Lemmy, and I'm getting them because I dislike how apple is fucking people side ways. I wasn't gonna say this, but it really is very hard to feel bad for the apple sheep. No matter what apple does they scream "give it to me harder, daddy cook". Stop being loyal to corporations, not a single corporation on earth gives a shit about you. Literally zero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Go to backup settings and turn off photos and messages. You only need essentials like calendar, notes, health, passwords etc.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Disabling iCloud backup should eliminate the upgrade nag. Can tap iCloud (the profile photo) at the top of Settings, and start unchecking. You might have enough space to still back up e.g. contacts, so you shouldn’t have to disable everything.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This is a stupid lawsuit. You can back up your phone locally using iTunes and Finder and the new device app on Windows. You can also back it up using third party software. No one is forcing you to use iCloud.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

You get a free computer with purchase of an iPhone? Neat!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

What’s a “computer”?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Many services depends on iCloud to work. Message sync and sharing Notes for instance. If your backups are taking up all your storage these things stop working right. It’s dumb.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Did they previously offer more for free then drop it? I only have a single IPad that's intentionally not cloud synced just because I'd rather host things local, so I'm not in a place to judge average use, but even my Google account has less than 5GB in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s easy to hit 5gb when backing up photos and videos, or message threads that contain photos/video. The space is also shared with the non-backed up data.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Apple gives you free iCloud storage to back up your phone when you get a new device.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/104980

You can also sync phone to phone when upgrading as part of the setup assistant, without needing iCloud storage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You don’t get “more” storage though. And if you have even just one iPad your storage is gone really quick between the two devices.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Sometimes it's hard to feel sorry for Apple users given the amount of repeated nickeling and diming they go through,yet make excuses for (as seen in the comments). Definitely shades of battered woman syndrome

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Does android offer free storage for cloud backups?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Drive is 15 GB

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can't iPhone users use Drive?

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[+] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

On the other hand, the phone just works,

Same with android

upgrades between devices are seamless,

Same with android

and the phone retains value after 4 years.

Aight you got me there, except for that apple has been proven in court to slow down their older models of phones

Plus, the backup restoration is insane. If you stole my phone, I’d be back to where I was within an hour or two

Same with android

— all of which is driving to Apple and waiting on a sales clerk to pull an iPhone from the back, then going to a store owned by my cell carrier to register the device on their network.

I just go to walmart

No device re-customization at all in the equation.

Same with android

There is nothing like it on Android.

False

5GB is a lame amount for a base tier of storage in 2024 but it’s hardly abuse.

I agree, if people are willing to buy into apple they get what apple serves them.

It's pretty cool how you can just download any app and install it, also how you can customize the phone to look however you want, run whatever software you want, and all for under $200

Oh wait

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

There is nothing like it on Android

In the past, I've always made a conscious choice not to try to do it that way on Android. Getting a new phone is a good chance to reset, only install apps that I specifically still use, etc.

But in the past, I've always replaced a phone because the old one was so old the battery couldn't get through even one day, so I had plenty of time to manually back up and take care of any specific data I really needed to be sure about. Recently, I had to get a new phone prematurely after I crashed and landed directly on the old one. So I did use the Pixel's restore functionality as I upgraded from the broken Pixel 6 Pro to the new Pixel 7a. And it was completely seamless. Kept me logged in to apps that I never thought would stay logged in, remembered wifi passwords, everything.

Of course, all of that was only possible because I casted my screen to my TV and plugged in a mouse and keyboard. The screen was too broken to approve the transfer otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have had zero issues restoring or moving between android phones. What in the world are you talking about?

Meanwhile my mom forgot her apple password and their customer support was so unhelpful she had to get a new account after talking to them for months. They refused to let her reset her password.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

This sounds like something that hasn't been true for 5-10 years tbh. At least not within the Pixel family. I upgrade phones without a single hiccup. My older phones are still around and used daily by my kids with no problema. I've had to wipe a phone and restore from the cloud backup and it was a matter of minutes to be usable, and was effectively like nothing had happened as soon as my apps and their data finished downloading.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I setup both for work. On this front there is hardly any difference. For the average user, it now comes down to OS and device preference. I manage my family's apple and google accounts and neither was much harder than the other. Now, for work, preparing an iPhone is much, much more complicated than an Android device. This, once again, only matters if you don't have automated enrollment from your business carrier into your MDM.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apple makes my life as the family sysadmin significantly easier. If I only had to worry about myself I’d do Android with a privacy focused ROM, but I doubt I could handle my entire family doing that. No way am I putting them on stock Android.

It would be nice if there was some competition but I’m not holding my breath.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would you only use a privacy focused ROM and not stock Android, when you use a stock iPhone? Do you think that Apple doesn't collect just as much data on you as Android does? It's literally in the Apple terms of service. They've just conned you into believing their marketing BS.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Did you not read my post? I use Apple because it makes managing my family fleet easier. If I were by myself I would use a privacy focused ROM.

I’ve got users to manage, and Apple’s locked down approach makes it significantly easier. Everyone gets updates the same day, and phones are supported for years, not months. Backups are stupid easy if someone needs a replacement. iCloud is forgettable, which is ideal for the children and grandparents I manage.

Apple is collecting data on me, but selling data isn’t their primary business. The same cannot be said for Google, which is one of the reasons I’m not putting my family on stock Google. Apple is the lesser evil.