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Apple to face judge over iPhone backups and making you overpay for iCloud storage
- Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly restricting iPhone backups and pushing users to overpay for iCloud storage upgrades.
- The lawsuit claims Apple uses a bait-and-switch tactic by offering only five gigabytes of free iCloud storage per account.
- Apple avoids supporting backups to third-party cloud storage to promote its overpriced iCloud storage upgrades.
- The Northern District of California denied Apple's motion to dismiss the antitrust claims, allowing the lawsuit to move forward.
- Plaintiffs allege that Apple limits consumer choice by preventing backups to third-party cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive.
- Apple argued that supporting device backup via third-party clouds would compromise user security and privacy.
- Paid iCloud storage has little competition, pushing users towards Apple's storage tiers that range from 50GB to 12TB.
- Microsoft offers 15GB of free cloud storage and Google provides 15GB shared across Gmail, Drive, and Photos.
- Microsoft 365 subscriptions boost cloud storage to 1TB or 6TB for $7 or $10 per month respectively.
- Google One plans range from $2/month for 100GB to $20/month for 2TB, with additional perks.
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