2TB storage let say SSD about RM300-500 one time.
With cloud storage 2TB is RM45 per month or RM540 per annum.

Let say you use for next 30 years, you will spend RM16k for subscription.
Meanwhile the physical storage you bought still RM300-500 (let say with lifespan of 10 years for physical storage), so RM500*3=RM1500.

So in 30 years, total cost for cloud storage is 10x higher.

Also note that physical storage /GB is cheaper over time but cloud storage service does not drop price over time (in fact may increase).

Sometimes can sometimes cannot right? Or need to click “Backup now” then only can work?

This one Whatsapp problem, I tried restore backup from GDrive last time also like corrupt file. Total lost smh

kek onedrive only rm180/year with 1tb shareable to 6 different accounts and comes with microsoft office 365.

I am using Huawei ...and cloud service 1 TB is only RM84 per year.

talk cock lah you. even the cheapest centOS server from vultr is USD2.5 a month. don't tell me it'll be cheaper if you host your own server using your home unifi.

then you gonna write the app that can sync with your own server without bugs? like as good as the native app? backup every new photo the instance you take it that kind of good. and deal with the maintenance whenever there is an os update? get out of here

if you're talking about offline back ups...... man we're not in 2009 anymore. this is why we pay RM50 a month for a family package to do real time automatic cloud back ups. imagine the time wasted everyday just to manually transfer your photos. from one place to another. you do it every week, risk of losing a week worth of photos if you lose your phone. even when you do it every week, it becomes a major hassle. can you do it religiously, non stop for 10 years?

This post has been edited by tolongking: Jun 25 2023, 10:50 PM

Sound interesting how's the experience? Is the connection and uploads reliable and fast? Privacy?

Let me check shopee any unlimited storage icloud account

i rather pay haha let them sort out the backup... i just use.... unless you got sexy picture inside then ownself host lo

the most expensive thing is :

Become a power user.


in tech era, equipe high-level software-skill is just like having superpower.

not just everything become smooth..
you even can do what average human cant even imagine.

just like becoming mutant.


this is become more and more real after the emerge of AI...
our mutant power level just tripple fold.

I’m a strong supporter of this. Shared across 5 family members.. supporting across multiple iPhones, iPads etc. if phone hilang, I can still sleep well at night 😁

my whatsapp 200gb also cant backup..

Is Onedrive able to backup every single camera picture/video after being taken? I'm comparing this to Google One which is around RM10/month (annual plan) for 200GB.

One thing I like about Google Photos is that almost all my family members has a google account so I can easily add them to a shared family folder for all the pictures/videos

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Jun 25 2023, 10:39 PM

You sure are short on IQ. It’s rm40 a month for 2TB and that’s rm480 a year.

That’s not even half of a thousand but somehow it’s “close to a thousand”. I called your response dumb because you oversimplified everything, and you said I lack EQ and triggered instead.

You’re the one with low EQ and IQ.

This post has been edited by trojandude: Jun 25 2023, 10:25 PM

I love the convenience of cloud storage as well but really I take so many 4k videos and they take a ton of space which I think 2TB will be full in a few years time. I'm on Android btw

i'm a programmer i agree with you. now with chatgpt i code a lot faster than before. but you don't create everything yourself la.. the backup app is very complicated. you have to deal with schedules (cron?), conflicts, compression, different file types, then encryption, haven't even go into maintenance and debugging.. walao. I'd just pay USD10 a month and get a piece of mind. its USD3.33 per person when it's shared with 3 family members.

USD is American region pricing. It’s RM40 a month in Malaysia actually.

Can consider AppleOne subscription too because it comes with Apple Music (can switch from Spotify or YM. The bundle is pretty bang for buck.

I personally don’t like AM UI so I stick with just iCloud plan.

wow. apple one is RM78.9 / month. i didn't know. for RM40 more you get apple music + apple tv. i also wouldn't get it cos entertainment is non essential. real time back up is essential for me. the peace of mind is priceless. i don't worry about losing my phone anymore. just get a new one and you're good to go. at most lose a few thousand riggits. and I'd get the one with the lowest memory.

Instead of paying rm600/year for Icloud storage like a sheep, this is what i do.
1. Buy a SSD.
2. Purchase Photo Transfer App at price of RM80 (lifetime subscription).
3. Whenever my storage is full (256 gb phone storage can last me for 2-3 years), I just need to transfer the photos & videos to SSD. No need to do this regularly, just once every few years.

There you, save yourself thousands of RM.

what if you lose your phone? 2-3 years back up once means the last 2-3 years data gone. memories can't get back anymore even with all the $$ in the world.