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...Apple faced concerns over government surveillance of user data when it announced it would open an iCloud datacentre in Guizhou, China....
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...Apple, which uses AWS, reported widespread technical problems at the same time, including with its App store, Apple Music and iCloud back-up....
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...Apple said this month it will move some of its iCloud services to Google’s cloud, while music-streaming site Spotify in February unveiled plans to shift away from Amazon, moving most of its services to Google...
...Analysts at Mizuho Securities estimate that about 500m of those are iPhones, with customers spending an average of $50 a year on services such as Apple Music, iCloud or the App Store....
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