I had an email yesterday telling me that the Apple One subscription was going up for the second time in twelve months.

It no longer represents good value for me and I can save nearly £100 a year by cancelling and subscribing to the important parts that I use most.

Apple are not alone in increasing prices (in a cost of living crisis) to the point they no longer represent fair value. What is it with companies that they lack basic business smarts?

  • HoornseBakfiets
    613·
    8 months ago

    Anyone paying for cloud storage for home use has no smarts in the first place, just buy a Synology NAS

    • ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee
      9·
      8 months ago

      Anyone smart enough knows you should have both. You should be backing up local and offsite.

      • hedgehog@ttrpg.network
        22·
        8 months ago

        Off-site backups don’t need to be in the cloud - they can be on your own hardware or that of a friend, just elsewhere.

        • ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee
          4·
          8 months ago

          Of course but how many of us have a friend who is gonna let us set up a NAS at their house? Cloud is a much easier solution.

    • mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      I have a synology nas. The cheapest 2 drive model. The nas plus a pair of 4tb drives set me back $380. The time period for roi is pretty significant.

      • HoornseBakfiets
        1·
        7 months ago
        1. Looking at what you’d pay for 4tb of cloud storage and you’ll quickly find that return of investment
        2. That’s forgetting the additional advantages of faster LAN backups, hosting docker containers & includes a free tin foil hat
        3. If you look at the second hand market the prices are significantly lower (most people sell their NAS having upgraded to a larger model)
        4. Not stuck to a single company that can change prices later
    • DeadlineX@lemm.ee
      2·
      8 months ago

      Why do people resort to insults when other people prioritize things differently? This always baffles me, and I’ve been seeing it a lot on Lemmy lately.

      I don’t have a NAS. I don’t want a NAS. I have no need for a NAS. I have iCloud purely for my mother, and my time is way more valuable than the cost of iCloud. I also don’t want to deal with troubleshooting if something goes wrong. I fight enough fires at work when a release goes sour.

      I’m not stupid because I value my time more than the cost of a subscription. I value the ease of use for my mother more than the cost of a subscription. I understand your values don’t align with mine. That’s okay! You’re not stupid for that. And I’m not stupid for my choices.

      Try to see the human and realize that we all have individual lives, goals, and priorities. Insulting people for being different than you is something we should be moving away from, not continuing.