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AppleInsider said:

Fortunately, the new 27-inch iMac remains one of the few machines in Apple's consumer lineup to feature user-upgradable storage.

Cringe. MEMORY. This is a computer review, right?  The actual storage is not upgradeable.

  

AppleInsider said:

There are always going to be new Macs coming down the line and Intel support is going anywhere anytime soon

Does anyone review/QA anymore?

I don't think it's the smartest move as it will send all these people back to Pandora etc in a heartbeat that weren't going to sub AM anyway. HOWEVER, my bigger problem is what about iTunes Match customers? Comercial Free iTunes Radio is/was a part of that. If Apple is taking that away when it was paid for, not cool.

I don't know that I'd go so far as calling it shameful, but it certainly comes off as cheap - like they would rather nickel and dime you over something that should be a seamless experience. 5GB isn't enough. 

 

I certainly agree with some points made and not others.

 

1) To me, device backups should not count towards the cap. Penalizing folks for having multiple devices makes no sense to the strategy. 

2) Free tier should double to 10GB. 

 

Those two would be a big step in the right direction. I don't think it should unlimited for all...Apple has a right to make money on the costs offering high storage, but let's face it, storage is pretty cheap. It doesn't matter what the competition is doing, Apple is typically less concerned about that, it's about a better policy for their users. With all the data center expansion they are working on, maybe we'll hear something in the fall.

Too bad my iTunes Match renewed for another year 3 months ago. Not happy, as this was one of the pillars of the service. Renewal disabled. Goodbye iTM.