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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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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (10 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.

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Y’all realize that paying for a backup device has been a thing since the dawn of computing, right?

It doesn’t matter if the hard drive is in my house, or in a server farm. Someone is going to sell me the space.

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I was just trying to point out that not everyone has a computer they can “just” backup to.

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