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…

  • @NOT_RICK
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    157 months ago

    Does android offer free storage for cloud backups?

        • bitwolf
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          47 months ago

          Yes. Although it is limited in what you can back up afaik

      • @AA5B
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        7 months ago

        Wait, really? I haven’t checked that in a couple years but my Home Assistant backups are broken because out of Google drive space and it shouldn’t use anywhere near that amount - Damn, now I’m going to have to actually check it out

        Edit: it was full of random crap. Good news it was trivial to clear space but now i have to figure out why some of that was there and whether is have copies

      • @NOT_RICK
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        -127 months ago

        So marginally better, thought so

        • @Enk1
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          177 months ago

          3x as much is “marginally better.” What world do you Apple zealots live in?

          • @NOT_RICK
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            7 months ago

            15gb ain’t much either, and drive works on iOS to boot. So I guess earth?

            Edit: Google Drive free tier: 15gb Google Drive 100gb: $2/month iCloud free tier: 5gb iCloud 50gb: $1/month

            Wow, what a radical difference in offerings. I am definitely just like a battered woman

            • @QuaternionsRock
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              7 months ago

              The problem stated in the lawsuit is that you can’t use alternative backup providers on iOS, while you (presumably?) can on Android. Apple has no real competition in the device backup space, as they prevent third-parties from providing an equivalent service. (Notice the word equivalent - iTunes backups don’t count.) It’s a perfectly reasonable complaint IMO.

              I say this as someone who prefers iCloud for its encryption features.

              • @NOT_RICK
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                17 months ago

                That’s reasonable. I think iOS/iPadOS overall are in dire need of being more open. iPad especially since they’re at the point where they could largely replace laptops but are hamstrung by being so locked down. I still think it’s obnoxious to compare people with different opinions to domestic abuse victims

    • @[email protected]
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      37 months ago

      As far as I know, Android also doesn’t give you the option to back up system and app data to something else than Google Drive. LineageOS gives you that option but they implemented that themselves.