Yeah ... for example I’m paying 99¢ a month for my automatic backup that my iPad does (Apple lets you use the first 5 GB for free, and I went beyon it ... :-) ... ).
The automatic backup does it in the background, and everyday and covers the entire iOS device, so that if you were to lose it or have it stolen or broken, you could restore it all on a new iOS devoce, exactly like you had it before.
How come IPads have no USB or SD slots?
If they included that kind of expandable memory, I would like them more.
You’re a sucker if you are trusting the iCloud. Not only trusting it, but you are PAYING for it. Like the saying goes, “A sucker is born every minute.”