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08-02-2011, 11:12 AM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 58
|  Will you use icloud?
It is free for the first 5 GB and you can add iTunes purchases for free. Then it is an annual fee of $20.00 for an additional 10 GB on up to $50.00 for an additional 50GB. Sounds great to me!
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08-02-2011, 11:35 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 675
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I won't use it. With the price of drives being so much lower I will maintain my own data and backups. Can set up my PC so that I can access it for free from any computer with internet access so I don't really see the need for i cloud. Besides these thing I am always concerned with privacy issues when using services like this.
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08-02-2011, 04:34 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 603
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I won't be either. Technology is expensive when you add all of the $5-$10 dollar extras. I am happy to get out into the woods where my cellphone doesn't work just to get away from it. I'd hate to think that there is a cloud to download my stuff from and irritate the heck out of me if I had problems with it when I'm supposed to be getting back to basics. Might miss out on the animals wandering around the camp or the owl flying around overhead. Probably would forget about fixing dinner and stay up way too late just like at home! :-)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous | |
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08-02-2011, 05:41 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,345
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What is icloud? Oh, never mind, I don't think I want to know. 
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08-02-2011, 05:44 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 603
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Originally Posted by Grandpa  What is icloud? Oh, never mind, I don't think I want to know. | : censored: lane::frust y:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous | |
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08-02-2011, 05:57 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 320
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Agreed! I don't trust the security of "cloud" storage. If I want to I can always put the file in an email and send it to my gmail box, unless its huge. Once it's here I can access it from anywhere. I can always password it and encrypt it if I wish. I actually keep a lot of my stuff on an encrypted thumb drive. If I lose it, no big deal- I have it backed up anyhow.
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08-02-2011, 09:06 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 224
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Considering the cheapest HD you get is hundreds of GBs, 5GB is pretty much squat. Then there are security and identity theft concerns.
I'll pass on Microsoft Live and Goggle too.
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08-03-2011, 06:22 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,409
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I'm with grandpa. ihike, ifish, ihunt, icamp, iride but i definitely don't cloud.
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