Michael Black wrote:
peyote wrote:
It's also just as easy to have apple initiate an auto backup system.
They already did so, years ago. It's called iCloud backup (for iOS devices) and Time Machine (for OS X devices). Both systems, once initiated, backup automatically in the background. These have to be amongst the most trivially simply and easy to use backup systems of any consumer products on the planet.
peyote wrote:
..., they would roll it in a automated system with the cloud invisible to the user instead of having people respond so condescending.
As stated, they've already done that (although no backup of personal and private data will ever be wholly invisible to the user - that's called stealing and invasion of privacy - at the very least, the user will always have to initiate the backup system of their own personal data themselves and assume responsibility for monitoring that it continues to work as setup over time).
As for the rest of that stream of consciousness ramble, I have no idea what you're even trying to say with that.
First off between my iMac & phone, there was never enough space for iCloud backups even at $9.99 a year. Before iCloud was mainstream, Apple gave the option to have an auto-backup system over wifi to mac, but mine never worked as advertised so I never had a reliable backup. I, like many others that have more to backup than is available on iCloud, use backups from computer. And Invisible to the user means that it takes care of backups after I sign for it without me worrying about paying for extra space.
Secondly, iCloud service is not as simple as it should be because backups are not free . It's another way to monetize which, as you know, (cough: apple cube, apeture, etc.) not everything they poop can be monetized directly. I log in with my .mac, or .me, or .icloud whatever 3 times a day & I can't have one free or "in the background invisible from my actions.?" Oh yea, time machine does that but only 30% of userbase know how to use it. Anyway, does t matter, I certainly didn't come her to hypothesis is with Michael black.
As for the rest of my "stream of consciousness ramble?" Let me simplify what I said: apple users like Michael Black and other high level contributors that think they're doing god's work from apple's clouds, are doing apple a disservice & are condescending to the tune of the SNL Jimmy Fallon office computer guy (look it up). Plain & simple, iCloud backups should be free & seamless without evangelists spewing its perfection & broken screens should not be a one-way ticket to ****. It's asinine.