Comments on: For The iCloud Disaffected, Microsoft Offers iPhone Users Skydrive Storage http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/14/419-for-the-icloud-disaffected-microsoft-offers-iphone-users-skydrive-stora/ The economics of digital content Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Henry_3_Dogg http://paidcontent.org/2011/12/14/419-for-the-icloud-disaffected-microsoft-offers-iphone-users-skydrive-stora/#comment-86645 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:57:20 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/12/14/419-for-the-icloud-disaffected-microsoft-offers-iphone-users-skydrive-stora/#comment-86645 “…Ironically, it was only last night that Apple contacted me by email to alert me that I was approaching my 5GB limit on its drive,…”

And there is your error.

Because iCloud isn’t a drive.

It’s an integrated storage mechanism that caches data locally, that can sync the caches after offline updates and that is directly usable by iOS apps.

Microsoft is offering a drive.

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