I think that nearly everyone who has an iPhone (at least who didn't get their phone deeply discounted second-hand) has a payment method set up with Apple. I don't remember the numbers from when I had to know ~5 years ago, but it was in excess of 95% in the US.
"with this one trick, you can get everyone to register a credit card!"
:)
Re:Apple Launches Apple Invites
by crazygringo on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:59AM
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There's no winning then, is there?
If a company doesn't offer a super cheap tier, then people complain it's too expensive and they're paying for space they don't need.
If Apple does offer a super cheap tier, there are complaints it's some kind of trick.
The $0.99 tier has been great for my needs. If you have a 64 GB phone you never need more. If you have a larger phone you quite frequently don't need more -- a lot of my phone storage goes to song, podcast, and video downloads. That stuff doesn't need to be backed up, and isn't by default.
I think that is the trick.
99 cents is so innocuous, that people set up billing to allow it. People who set up their apple id without a credit card will probably attach a card to their account to get the 99 cent storage "deal".
At that point, upgrading to the next tier is inevitable as phones have been steadily increasing in storage capacity.
I think it would be nicer if your icloud storage capacity matched your primary device.