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Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit (9to5mac.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] AProfessional 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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.

[–] Somethingcheezie 6 points 9 months ago

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

Syncios or something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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