We are celebrating an anniversary, because iCloud is now 12 years old. The service was launched with great fanfare on October 12, 2011. However, one problem from back then still annoys us.
iCloud turns 12 – still with a problem
How fast does that go? Bee iPhoned We still remember MobileMe and even .Mac, but we have been using iCloud on all our Apple devices since 2011. At launch, Apple did not have a good reputation for online services.
The predecessor MobileMe was a major fiasco. You paid 79 euros per year for a service that more often than not did not work, and even lost emails. That eventually led to an acquaintance rant from Steve Jobsresulting in the MobileMe manager being replaced immediately.
Everything had to get better at iCloud, and in some small ways hiccups After the start, Apple has also succeeded very well. Today, Mail, Calendar, and Contacts web apps are almost as stable as Google’s apps and have a similar feature scope. And Apple can really take that as a compliment. But even though Apple has made a lot of changes to iCloud, one thing has still remained unchanged. And we are still annoyed by that.
iCloud problem: 5 GB storage, for 12 years
When iCloud was first released, Apple gave you 5 GB of free storage. That was already a bit on the low side, but it was still acceptable. Google already had 7 GB, but in principle you could get by with 5 GB for some emails and some backups.
However, additional features were added after that, such as iCloud Photos, and with that storage usage increased. Nowadays you also store more and more data on your iPhone, so that a single backup quickly exceeds 5 GB.
And yet nothing has changed in all these years about the standard amount of storage that you get for free from Apple. And we think that’s a shame. Now it is certainly no drama to pay 99 cents for 50 GB of storage per month, but we really cannot imagine that Apple needs those cents.
Call: we want more storage!
That’s why we’re putting out a call here now: Apple, we need more storage! Or do we still have to make do with only 5 GB of storage after 20 years of iCloud? Google now offers you 15 GB as standard, and we think that is an excellent amount.