Originally when MobileMe was shut down earlier this year, Apple Inc. gave MobileMe users until June 30 to either slash their storage usage down to 5GB or pay $40 per year for an additional 20GB of storage above the free 5GB for all iCloud users. That deadline was extended until September 30, so those former MM users have until Sunday to make the decision about their media that is already stored.
Besides the 5GB for free, iCloud users also can store any movies, books or music purchased from iTunes for no cost. Apple Inc. offers 10GB of additional storage for $20 per year, 20GB for $40 a year and 50GB for $100 a year. In order for former MobileMe user to no longer pay for their iCloud storage, they will have to diminish their storage down to 5GB or less by Sunday or they will be billed.
There is no official comment from Apple Inc. about this a this point, but certainly it seems consistent now that Apple would want to establish some consistency among all iCloud users since MobileMe is now defunct. Might be an aggravation for those former MM users, but this likely won’t make much of a ripple with investors in Apple stock – like hedge-fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital – unless many of these MM users decide to pay for the extra storage.
