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Originally Posted by SnowRipple
1. Of course cloud storage helps with limited storage! It gives you extra storage!
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No, it only gives extra sometimes storage. You need to be connected to the internet to make use of it. I am not always connected to the internet.
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2. Look at what is happening in phones/tablets/laptop devices: sd cards, cd/dvd/bluray drives, they are all being removed from latest models in favour of cloud solution. It's a global trend.
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Most phones/tablets/laptops have USB ports, where you can connect external storage. And my current phone? I wouldn't have bought it, if it hadn't had a SD card slot If one picture is already 5Mb, even 32Gb will fill up fast. Add some offline maps and offline music and that external card will be almost mandatory (I plugged in a 256Gb one)
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Of course I would like to have extra sd card in all my devices, they allow me to be more flexible, but if they are missing I will not be crying, for standard use cloud storage is more than enough. I would not pay extra for slots neither.
Some people mentioned security concerns: personally I like cloud storage security better than sd cards.
First of all if sd card breaks, it is the END, all is lost, whereas cloud services have multiple backup servers.
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For me cloud storage isn't a replacement for internal storage, it complements it.
I make a picture on my phone, it gets store on the phone until such time that I have an internet connection (via wifi) and then it gets uploaded to OneDrive.
And when I want to show that picture, I better have that picture on my phone because I don't normally have an internet connection.