I don’t get it. Is it the same? If is it possible to back up iPhone storage and being able to restore an iPhone later? How is it different from a simple external hard drive? Why people choose physical ones over virtual?
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Everything is stored on a physical device. Cloud storage is just storage on someone’s else hard drive or perhaps SSD.
The advantage of cloud storage is you do not need to manage the hardware. It will not just be a single drive with the data, it will at least be RAID and likly stored on multiple servers to keep it available if one fails. It can also be a tape backup. If some hardware fails someone else will replace it it. You do not need the skill or spend the time to do that.
Another advantage is that it is Off-site backup, If you have redundant data storage at home home a house fire will destroy all of it. There is an advantage of storing data in multiple physical locations. Large companies will have storage in multiple physical locations.
If letting someone else manage the storage or you do it yourself will depend on the situation. In the case of an iPhone the huge advantage is you only need to create the account, everytime else is managed automatically or by someone else. That is a huge advantage for most people, they will not have the skills to do it as well themselves.
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