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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use iCloud in my app, sLockBox for iOS and Mac for allowing users to store their files on iCloud.

Pros and Cons

Well it wasn't easy at first and I had to really dig to get good documentation on the implementation of iCloud.
Then they added iCloud drive and now they have CloudKit which I have not used yet.
I can't really say to much good about it at this point in time.

I haven't looked at CloudKit yet but hopefully they make getting the iCloud files automatic. Currently you have to query for the file you want to be pulled down from iCloud and then perform some API's to get it to be pulled down.
One other thing is the API has a file modification date but you can't rely on that as being the most recent date on iCloud when you make the query. It would be nice to be able to use that date to know you're up to date and not have to do a comparison to what you have on iCloud to what you have stored locally.

Return on Investment

I just provide it as an option to users of my sLockBox app.

Alternatives Considered

I do like that documents show up on all iCloud supported devices.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well I like iCloud for all my movies, music, and TV-Shows from iTunes which works perfectly and doesn't cost anything if you purchased from iTunes.