I'm upset with Apple because of poor programming causing a bug in their software making it impossible to regain the space those messages used even after they are deleted. This effects iCloud and the physical space on the iOS device. Restoring from new or blundering around in the file system is the only way to fix this.
That in itself is annoying. Apple and everyone goes on and on about how great the back up system is but the slightest thing goes wrong and everyone tells you to restore from new.
If I only had true access to my iCloud I pay for even basic access I could fix this in 2 minutes.
Absolutely.....I'm amazed that people are giving Apple a free pass on this. Until iOS 7 broke down the usage, a lot of people had no idea how much this big was eating up there storage. (And I'd be the majority of people who are impacted still don't know.)
If Android had a bug that resulted in 10%-30% of the space being unusuable without utilzing a 3rd party utility, restore and a set of instructions to fix it, they would be CRUCIFIED on here for it.
I wonder what the 'Genius Bar' techs at the Apple Store would recommend if someone brought it in.
Since Apple feels compelled to price gouge for memory and not offer the option to add additional storage, then I have less compassion for when they are bloated and sloppy with their programmming....and get a little ticked when they don't offer a solution for it.