> Why must I pay monthly for gigabytes of storage to backup my iphone when a single $30 hard drive could do it?
This is “I could build that in a weekend” mentality. Your data on iCloud is replicated, available via the internet, available 99.99% of the time, etc. If your $30 hard drive fails you lose everything.
The price and being able to use other services is worth debating, but comparing it to “a single $30 hard drive” is disingenuous.
This is “I could build that in a weekend” mentality. Your data on iCloud is replicated, available via the internet, available 99.99% of the time, etc. If your $30 hard drive fails you lose everything.
The price and being able to use other services is worth debating, but comparing it to “a single $30 hard drive” is disingenuous.