Google Photos to end its free unlimited storage
Google Photos will end offering their unlimited free photo storage feature on June 1st, 2021.
For the past five years, Google has allowed users to store "high quality" backups for free.
The companies' new policy replaces it with a 15 GB cap, after which users have to pay for storage. Any photos and documents uploaded before June 1st will not count against that cap.
It should be noted that Google has made an exception for Pixels users, who will still be able to upload high-quality photos for free.
Additionally, they have announced that they will be deleting data from accounts that have been inactive for at least two years.
Google has defended this action by pointing out they already offer more free storage others — 15GB as opposed to Apple's 5GB — and that 80 of users won't hit that cap for at least three years. To ease the transition, Google will send alerts and warnings when users begin to approach that cap, as well as provide a tool that will make deleting unwanted photos easier.
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