Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-Apple yakhe inombolo enkulu yezikhungo zedatha, izikhungo zedatha ezisetshenziselwa ukuxhasa izinsizakalo zayo (i-imeyili, i-iCloud, i-Apple Music, i-Apple TV + ...) kepha ezisetshenziselwa ukunikeza isikhala kumakhasimende akho ngokusebenzisa ICloud.
Asazi ukuthi izikhungo zedatha ziwele ngokushesha yini noma ngabe i-Apple incamela ukukhipha ezinye izinkampani ukuze zigcine imininingwane ethile, kepha iqiniso ukuthi bathi Ukwaziswa, I-Apple ikhokha cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-300 ukusebenzisa ifu le-Google.
NgoNovemba 2020, i-Apple ithole inkontileka emayelana nama-petabyte angu-470 emininingwane, okuletha inani eliphelele ledatha i-Apple eliyithole kusuka kuGoogle kuya kuma-exabytes ayi-8. Ukucacisa: i-1 exabyte ilingana ne-1 million TB, 1.000 billion GB ...
Iqiniso elinqatshelwayo: i-exabyte yayilingana nokuphindwe ka-2o zonke izincwadi ezibhalwe emlandweni kuze kube ngu-2013. Cishe, kungakapheli iminyaka embalwa, ama-exabyte azohlala emancane futhi ezinkampanini ezinkulu namagama athi zettabyte ne-yottabyte azoqala ukujwayeleka.
Ngokwendlela efanayo, i-Apple isibe yikhasimende elikhulu kunawo wonke yesevisi yokugcina yakwaGoogle, futhi baze bayinika negama lesidlaliso elithi: Bigfoot. U-Apple ubelokhu esebenzisa izinsizakalo zokugcina zeGoogle kusukela ngo-2018.
Ngaphandle kokusho ukuthi okhiye bokubethela kusobala ukuthi abekho kuGoogle, ngakho-ke abathandi bozungu abanasizathu sokungabaza ukuthi iGoogle ingafinyelela yini idatha amakhasimende noma i-Apple uqobo abayigcina kumaseva abo.
Iklayenti lesibili leplatifomu yesitoreji sefu yakwaGoogle yiTikTok, enamakhontrakthi acishe abe ngu-500 anikwe isivumelwano, inani elifanayo lesitoreji i-Apple elasingena ngoNovemba odlule ukukhulisa indawo yokugcina iye kuma-exabytes ayi-8 amanje.
