Apple (
AAPL) may not have
the best reputation for online services but that hasn’t stopped its
iCloud online storage service from becoming the most-used cloud service in the United States. A new report from Strategy Analytics shows that 27% American web users user iCloud, giving it a lead of 10 percentage points over runner-up Dropbox, which is used by 17% of American web users. What makes Dropbox’s share remarkable is that, as Strategy Analytics notes, it “has no associated content ecosystem,” which should seemingly put it at a disadvantage compared to iCloud, Amazon’s (
AMZN) Cloud Drive and Google (
GOOG) Play. So the fact that Dropbox ranks only behind Apple for the title of America’s most-used cloud service is impressive, especially for a company that
Microsoft (
MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer
recently dismissed as a “little startup.” Strategy Analytics’ full press release is posted below.
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