Wolfen

I think some people still don't understand what iCloud is thus these suits. I was paying for the 50GB option on iCloud for awhile because I didn't do my homework on why I needed to do so. I just assumed that since the days of my iPhone 4S and being a pack-rat on game apps, pics and videos that I had no choice but to upgrade so I could actually backup my phone. Turns out no I didn't need to do so. Only after saying I give up on the monthly fee because I use the prepaid cards from Apple, that I dug deeper into what I had. I had to use Amazon's free 5GB storage for my pics and I just really look through what was iCloud keeping? Tons of emails, iMesseges, pics and videos. So once I deleted the really old and no longer needed emails and messages I was able to see how it went down in space. Both on the phone and in the cloud. So I again just put more pics and videos in Amazon and deleted off my phone. I was using 7.6GB of iCloud storage before I did this. Now I am using only about 4.1GB of storage. 

The key points is that so many people are mad about the 5GB limit these days and of the sheer amount of stuff they have. Not just pics and videos. But of emails and messages. Many probably are unaware about their emails and messages are taken up more space than think. It's a hassle yes to move stuff around here and there but it can be done. While it would be nice if Apple gave us a little more free space to use in this day and age. Something like 7GB to 10GB would be nice but I understand it would cost us more somewhere else for that to happen if it were to ever happen.

I think a really good document on how to actually look at what your iCloud is really holding would help many of those people complaining about the low free storage they're facing. I know I was misguided but now I understand a bit more on how to manage my cloud storage.

As soon as META is in it, you all know it's already bad for all parties involved. The more these big tech companies scream the more we should tighten on them. I just wish the government would really make META gone or break it up so it wouldn't be as toxic as it is now.

11 Pro Max owner here.

It's not even in the same galaxy as far as I'm concerned. My battery is at 81% and nothing has been replaced or needing repair. I would like to move up to USB-C but at the price that so many other iPhones are here in Japan I don't see that happening anytime soon. My iPhone continues to do what I need and I'm good with that.