News Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud’s 5GB limit and iPhone backup restrictions

[tom_mai78101]

A newly-proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has “marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service is generating almost pure profit.” As reported first by Bloomberg Law, the plaintiffs accuse Apple of “rigging the competitive playing field” by only allowing iCloud to manage device backups and other storage needs.

“Apple device holders are given 5GB of free iCloud storage space, but as Apple’s iCloud revenues attest, most users find this insufficient for their storage needs and purchase a supplemental iCloud storage plan,” the lawsuit says.

Infamously, the free tier of iCloud has remained limited to 5GB of storage since it was introduced by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2011.

Much of the lawsuit’s emphasis is on the fact that iPhone users only have one option when it comes to full device backups, and that option is Apple’s own iCloud service. And iCloud, as we all know, only gives you 5GB for free.

Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit - 9to5Mac

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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I think the title misses the core issue in the lawsuit: not that Apple owes us more free stuff, but that apple owes us the ability to use different cloud services to get a better deal.

 

[The Helper]

What about Google Drive? Same thing? Oh I get it they restrict you to only there service for more than 5 gig? Yeah this is shady territory now for the tech companies.