Written from a very poor understanding of Software.

Making software "distinct enough offering to really distinguish from" some other software, does not need changes not "small enough to apply easily". Especially on code as well modularized as Android.

Any software professional worth his salt can make very little, maintainable changes to make vast differences in usability of software.

It's like saying one has to wait for a phone call to go through from an iPhone, but no waiting is required if you use cow-dung instead of iPhone.

True but idiotic in the context.

Exactly, it's not giving "extra" capacity. But you have to butt in like an idiot and compare it to an SD card which DOES give extra capacity, by saying that one has to "wait" for files to go into SD card, and not for saving to iCloud.

Not immediately after putting it on one device. But immediately before (say) watching the movie.

No, SD card is mostly part of the same device. Just that you get much bigger storage capacity than without SD card. For which capacity one would need to use iCloud in the degenerate case on some SD-card-less devices.

Just FYI, this is not a "define iCloud" shill training session going on. No one attempted to "define" iCloud here.

So far you were maintaining there is no download happening. Now when that didn't work, this becomes a "degenerate" case? This is the topic of this discussion, whether degenerate or not. Go to some other thread which has the topic "define iCloud".

Thank god it has decided which movie I want to watch. The choice might have killed me.

Yes, store the movie when you have it, watch the movie when you want to.

Yes, other than the topic being discussed, your post is applicable to everything else.

No, it at least once was on at least one of my devices.

You are replying to a thread of which the BASIS is the comparison between iCloud and SD card. Got it? Stop comparing them yourself, by saying "You have to wait whilst it saves to SD card. There's no waiting to save to iCloud". Then get the hell out of the thread if you still think they are not comparable.

1. Put data on one device.
2. Sync to iCloud
3. Re-download to another device. *IT IS ACQUIRED FROM ICLOUD*
Download speed limited to wifi-speed / cellular / whatever.

Comparison to micro SD card was made as a similar data flow exists there too (although million times more convenient, and much faster)
1. Put data on SD card
2. Watch movie directly from SD card as it supports 70 Mbps.

Sync cannot happen without a possibility of download.

And yes, that is the nature of this thread - the stupid comparison between SD cards and iCloud. You didn't take the advice to keep up with the discussion subject before butting in.

So access to the data that is NOT on device memory when needed is being discussed. In one case it is acquired from iCloud, and from the SD card in the other case.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4011029&cid=44384797

Lack of expandable storage in certain classes of devices causes people to think of horrible workarounds - e.g. using iCloud to replace SD cards. Which is what started the discussion and which is the very basis of this discussion. So while stupidly impractical, iCloud as a replacement of SD cards will remain the underlying topic.

If you did not read the thread context, ask your shill manager to deduct your salary.

And what is more, you completely ignored "download" part when saying one has to wait for data to be stored TO micro SD card. Speed of micro SD card is much higher than most internet connections in both directions - upload and download. For download, the device HAS to wait for iCloud - like I said, to play 1 mbps movie.

But again, you have to do it for your shill salary.

It's called context. Do look it up sometime.

Meanwhile, SD cards are usable when outside range of wifi (even cellular) . "iCloud" is not. So your statement that one has to wait for saving to SD card is idiotic because even before that one has to wait for wifi (or cellular data) . But mentioning that would get your shill salary deducted.

And the 64 gb micro SD card is NOT a synchronizing service. It actually increases the amount of data that can be addressed without "killing " the data transfer quotas most mobile connections have. Which was being discussed before you butted in. Read the context, idiot : http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4011029&cid=44370439

But can't watch 1 mbps movie when getting 10 kbps data rate, despite your attempts to skirt the issue.

Wow! Background syncing gives you instant access to 1Mbps video stored in iCloud when your network is giving you 10 kbps?

I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

And rooting is trivial on many phones. So your score is zero in being able to choose a phone according to your own preferences.

And why should the user (or his grandchild) not gripe about it online? And why should it not lead to 11% stock price drop? Why shouldn't every single user with downgrade rights to Windows 7 exercise it?

In other words, your statement (question?) I quoted above is irrelevant to all the points of topic in general as well as those of the GP post.