pedz
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I'm somewhat out of touch. I thought you guys here might know more.
With the new (furture) iCloud, I'm worried that Apple will do the same thing that it did with the .mac accounts. They were free to start with. That got me hooked. Then they started charging. I can especially see this when Steve Jobs is replaced. I think he is right that iCloud and its features will draw people to the Mac and other Apple products. But when he moves on and someone less visionary steps in, that seems like an obvious piece of "fat" (perceived fat) to trim
Has anyone seen any agreements from Apple and the iCloud yet? Do they state any promises like "free for life" or "free for N years"?
The iTunes cloud service for $25 per years is very attractive to me. I don't want to buy my music from the Apple store. Call me weird but I want the real CD in my hand so I can sell it or re-rip it with newer codecs as they come out, etc. I think really, I'm just an old fart and don't trust the new fangled ways. So, perhaps I will be "protected" if Apple starts charging for iCloud since I'll already be coughing up $25 per year. I'm still worried. The $99 per year for Mobil Me (what I call the .Mac accounts) seemed outrageous.
With the new (furture) iCloud, I'm worried that Apple will do the same thing that it did with the .mac accounts. They were free to start with. That got me hooked. Then they started charging. I can especially see this when Steve Jobs is replaced. I think he is right that iCloud and its features will draw people to the Mac and other Apple products. But when he moves on and someone less visionary steps in, that seems like an obvious piece of "fat" (perceived fat) to trim
Has anyone seen any agreements from Apple and the iCloud yet? Do they state any promises like "free for life" or "free for N years"?
The iTunes cloud service for $25 per years is very attractive to me. I don't want to buy my music from the Apple store. Call me weird but I want the real CD in my hand so I can sell it or re-rip it with newer codecs as they come out, etc. I think really, I'm just an old fart and don't trust the new fangled ways. So, perhaps I will be "protected" if Apple starts charging for iCloud since I'll already be coughing up $25 per year. I'm still worried. The $99 per year for Mobil Me (what I call the .Mac accounts) seemed outrageous.