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by crazygringo 1075 days ago
As a Mac and iOS user, I don't know what you're talking about.

I can't remember ever seeing anything about TV+ or Music, and the only time I'm told about iCloud storage is when my drive or backups are almost out of space, which makes sense.

There might be invitations to TV/Music when you install it or first use the OS or something (I can't remember), but there absolutely isn't anything "all the time".
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jeffbee 1075 days ago
> when my drive or backups are almost out of space, which makes sense.

This only makes sense to iCloud users. I've never intentionally put anything in iCloud and I get a constant parade of alerts about it being full. On macOS it doesn't matter where you click on the alert widget, it takes you to the page where you can pay for iCloud regardless. It is very spammy.

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crazygringo 1075 days ago
Yes, phone backups are automatically (or opt-in?) made to iCloud's free storage tier. This is a feature, not a bug, since phones are easily lost/stolen and your average consumer will be happy they didn't lose all their photos and messages. If your free-tier backup space is full, then you need to manage your backups to disable/delete them or reduce your backup size -- those alerts are there for a good reason.

Also, the Mac notification has a prominent "Close" button and doesn't even mention iCloud until you click through to see available options:

https://nektony.com/mac-startup-disk-full

https://macpaw.com/how-to/startup-disk-full-on-mac-os-x

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wombat-man 1075 days ago
Yeah I guess it is less bad.

Whenever I hit the play button it's like 50/50 if Spotify will continue or if apple will open up the music app inviting me to sign up for music.

I did get pestered about joining icloud pretty regularly in the past but haven't seen those in a bit. I prefer onedrive and Google photos since it works on my non apple machines too.

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