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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] 131 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The lawsuit isn't really about the 5 GB free tier, but about being able to use system services like device backups with other cloud providers.

Poorly written headline.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The actual article headline

Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud’s 5GB limit and iPhone backup restrictions

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah ok. I was so confused. I still don't know if it's legal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I doubt they’re going to win. Apple does allow file and photo backups to other services. This about backing up OS files like preferences whatnot. Which 5gb is probably way more than enough for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

O.o Can you explain how to do nightly backups of your photos and files to external services? Or are you talking about “other apps are allowed to access these files, and you can set up shortcuts to run apps, and those apps can back up the files” which is extremely different than “Apple lets you back the files up.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ll speak for Dropbox. Dropbox has a setting for it in the photos app. (I have it off right now)

And for file, as long as you save your files to your drop box directory, they will be mirrored in the cloud.

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

What you’re talking about is more of a happenstance of other things converging on the ability to do this. Apple doesn’t support it, nor do they care if they break it in the future. Think of it like a workaround that just hasn’t been broken by an update (yet).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Apple doesn’t support it, nor do they care if they break it in the future. Think of it like a workaround that just hasn’t been broken by an update (yet).

This is factually incorrect. They have actively supported this stuff, and most notably, recently released a framework so non-Apple remote storage can reliably integrate into iOS / MacOS without needing to maintain a kernel extension.

Go look at the developer documentation and the WWDC sessions around file management if you don’t believe me.