[hendersoon]

I believe that was deliberate. Many people only care about iCloud to backup their iOS devices, and 5GB is really only enough space to backup a single device because the backup sizes inflate over time due to some mechanism I've been unable to pin down even after extensive effort.

The alternate is to setup multiple Apple IDs and link them via family sharing to get the same iTunes purchases, but that's a huge pain in the butt and (IMO) not worth the effort to save $1/month on the 50GB iCloud plan.

[Angostura]

Really? I only care about iCloud for photos and data syncing across devices.

[hendersoon]

You plug-in to a computer to backup your phone? That is pretty rare these days!

[Angostura]

My music is stored in the cloud, by photos are in the cloud, my e-mail is held elsewhere, I can redownload any apps. What am I bcking up for again?

[joecool1029]

>You plug-in to a computer to backup your phone? That is pretty rare these days!

Some of us don't want to have our data available to others.

[eridius]

> because the backup sizes inflate over time due to some mechanism

Was that not fixed in iOS 10? They completely reimplemented how backups work in that release.