Google curtails free photo storage, pushes users to buy more space


FILE PHOTO A Google sign is shown at one of the companys office complexes in Irvine California U.S. July 27 2020. REUTERSMike Blake

Storage of images, along with files in Google’s document editing services, will be capped at a combined total of 15GB. — Reuters

OAKLAND, California: Alphabet Inc’s Google will start limiting how many high-quality photos users can store on the company’s cloud back-up service starting next June, it announced on Nov 11, in a move that could help protect profit margins.

“Growing demand for storage” means Google Photos can no longer honour a years-old policy of unlimited capacity for high-quality images, the company said in a blog post. Storage of images, along with files in Google’s document editing services, will instead be capped at a combined total of 15 gigabytes.

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