Q: 29 GB GIFT? NOT A GIFT IF YOU TAKE IT BACK
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Sep 24, 2013 2:07 PMby Roger Wilmut1,Don't be ridiculous. When you migrated from MobileMe you were given complimentary extra storage (that normally would have to be paid for) for a year as a concession, and this was announced quite clearly. You've had free storage for this time, and now you are complaining that it's not being given to you forever.
If you don't want it you need do nothing and it will be removed, and your account will revert to the free 5GB. If you decide to pay for it the method for doing so is described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5527
Scroll down to 'How do I purchase my current plan?' and expand the section applicable to your computer or device.
The storage costs are additional 10GB, $20 p.a., 20 GB, $40 p.a., 50GB $100 p.a.
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Sep 24, 2013 3:02 PMby itasarah,The word complimentary in the i-dictionary is " given or supplied free of charge".
If there is a date on it then I don't particularly consider it complimentary. I suppose $40 isn't so much for a year,
but I make the effort to save all my documents on an external hard drive if I need them as well as my pictures and if I need to send them I can I email them. Not everyone has icloud anyway, at least not yet.
Drop box... same thing. Great idea too expensive to keep up with it. So the free storage was like a ruse to get us to put stuff in the box or on the cloud and now without paying for that storage we loose are stuff. Isn't that called a come on of sorts?
They are convenient, I admit, but I'm not ready to keep spending, spending, spending.... we are getting close to reitrement mode.
Ellen
Rochester, NY
MacBook Pro 17"
OS-LION
iphone5
ipad 2
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Sep 24, 2013 3:13 PMby Roger Wilmut1,Yes, Dropbox and other similar services give you (in this case permanently) a limited space in the hope that you will think it's worth moving up to the paid-for service. It's a very common practice, and for one thing enables you to try out the service for free before committing yourself. Would you rather not be able to do this (as in the App Store?).
And I do think you are reading too much into 'complimentary'. It was made quite clear when it started that it was a limited period - in fact it was originally intended to end September 2012 but was then extended to this year, so it's been a pretty good deal. You can't really expect Apple to go on providing that amount for free (remember that most people didn't even get that, it was only as a compensation for the inconvenience caused by the closure of MobileMe).
But obviously if you don't want to use paid for services you don't have to: for example external hard disks are now remarkably inexpensive and in many ways are better than online storage for backup. (The main advantage of online backups is that they are there if the house burns down.)
iCloud's main strength is in providing easy synchronisation of data such as calendars and contacts, and newly taken photos, between all your devices; as well as an email service - and all that can be free as it shouldn't be too difficult to stay with in 5GB.
