Oddbean new post about login | logout @edc128e6 So much of it seems to be a strategy go get people even more irrevocably welded to iCloud, due to the need for ever more gargantuan data storage requirements. Live pictures as a feature was one thing, but 4K spatial video? LOL. No wonder they're adding additional tiers of multi-terabyte iCloud storage. The whole game boils down to: Apple expects you to buy new hardware every couple years, while every month spending ever more on cloud services.
@2f51dd5c I think there’s truth in what you’re saying. But it’s all part of a much larger point that has nothing to do with the specifics. Apple wants to make as much money as they can regardless of what it is it’s selling.
@edc128e6 Indeed. And the insane thing is, once you hit one trillion in value, you need to get to two trillion. And once you get to two trillion, you need a clear pathway to three. And now that they're at three trillion give or take a couple hundred billion depending on market mood, you know what's next. It's utterly bonkers. Apple is a fricking nation. Where does it stop? When is enough? Ten trillion? All the money in the world? Then what?
@edc128e6 I wish a company like Apple would just say, screw it, we're going to spend a trillion dollars in a new nonprofit division, working with, say, the UN, aimed at mitigating the climate crisis on every front imaginable, in every way imaginable, worldwide, starting now. It sure isn't going to be Google that does it. It sure isn't going to be . . . heh . . . Tesla that does it. But Apple could pull it off. Apple wants to be a nation? Be a nation then. But a good one.
@2f51dd5c I hear what you’re saying. It’ll never happen. Not because it’s Apple. Because that’s just not how the world works. It never will. At least in Apple’s case they are creating products that have given folks enjoyment and possibilities in work and play. Whether that’s a good thing or not only history can judge because we certainly can’t while we’re in the middle of living through it.
@2f51dd5c @edc128e6 there’s nothing forcing you to use iCloud at all, as long as you’re ok with backing up all your photos and videos to a Mac or PC, and being responsible with regular local backups. It does however make a lot of that automatic. Your choice.
@95d1585e @edc128e6 Convenience, but at a price. Me, I'm old-fashioned. Personal computer means, you own (and sure, are responsible for) the hardware, the software, the data, everything, including backups. Cloud, schmoud.
@2f51dd5c @95d1585e I remember running a small biz years ago and resisting networking the various computers we were running. When the early moves to “the cloud” began I was also resistant and wanted to keep everything local. I evolved on cloud usage as the world evolved because there really wasn’t much of a choice if I wanted to stay efficient in my collaboration efforts. Currently I use Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dropbox, because different partners that hire me have their own druthers. /1