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I hate upvoting this too but it's pretty clear that:

1) advertising does not belong in Settings

2) notifications - especially system notifications - should not be abused for pushing ads

With regard to iCloud - 5 gigs is stingy compared to Google drive etc., but it's more than enough for the most essential parts: iCloud keychain, continuity, and storage for non-media apps like contacts/calendar/reminders (if you use them). The part I object to is using the OS for advertising.

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The issue is that a large number of their users have had iPhones for close to a decade now. 5GB worth of photos is absolutely nothing.

I pay the $0.99/mo for extra storage but every time I do it, I wince a little and it costs them literally pennies to avoid giving me a bad taste in my mouth. I wish there was a way to self-host iCloud backups.

The problem is each photo is 5MB. It’s insane. We should have different levels of compression depending on the album it’s in; My meme folder should only contain 200KB images, my parents souvenirs should be 5MB each indeed.

iCloud backups of photos is possible without using iCloud. I use a photo syncing app on my phone that is paired with a SMB server in my home. It just dumps new photos whenever I’m on my home network. But I don’t get iCloud syncing photos to my Mac instantly.

iCloud backups of device backups requires a Mac, then setting to sync via Wi-Fi.

does this work in the background or do you need to run the backup task? I'm setting up a home server atm and curious about this for iCloud

Mine runs in the background when I get home. It uses an iBeacon device to determine when it is home. It starts the photo sync in the background. If I take photos and want to sync immediately I do that by starting the sync in the app. Remotely is a two part process —- enable vpn, then sync.

Google Photos will also backup your iPhone photos.

And the back ups regularly lose data, a good percentage of the images are simply not to be found. Must me my fault, certainly.

No more macs and iphones for me, that and the app "numbers" have been the very last straws.

I think it's definitely a you problem. I don't know of anyone who has had this issue with missing photos.

Yeah, I can’t say that I’ve run into your issue.

I have the same problem. When I contacted support I didn't get anywhere and nothing seemed wrong on their side.

Would it belong as a separate app to configure if it wasn't in settings? Or maybe opt out when you setup the phone?

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