HA HA HA HA HA HA I have found out why my iPhone iCloud backup was larger than 5GB but there was no way to reduce its size!
Turns out... if you bookmark a web app to your Home Screen then its data is included in your iCloud backup. This is very good! Nice one Apple.
But it doesn't show up in the "Backup Details" list of apps in your iCloud Backup settings, so you don't know where the space is gone. This is not as good. I shall file a bug.
@sil
This is exactly why we call mobile backups a "Black Box"!
Apple hides so much metadata and "invisible" storage that users end up paying for iCloud space without knowing why.
That’s the problem we’re solving with #Keepita. We believe you should be able to see EVERY byte inside your backup, from hidden web app data to system files, without the guesswork.
Great catch on the home screen bookmarks!
#Keepita #iCloud #iOS #Apple #Backup #Transparency #DataPrivacy #BuildInPublic #TechIssues
Stuart Langridge
Keepita 
