It’s been five years since Google is offering unlimited free photo backups at “high quality.” Now Google Photos will be charging for storage. This applies once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used, from 1st June 2021.
According to the Google Drive policy changes that include counting Google Workspace documents and spreadsheets, the introduction for limitation on photos storage is on the way. The overall cap for storage stands as 15GB.
Google’s new policy will also allow the company to delete data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years. So, with the new policies on photos storage, users have time to decide for paying Google or switch to other cloud platforms.
A storage cap in Google Photos as Google already counts “original quality” photo uploads against. However, taking away unlimited backup for “high quality” photos and video also takes away one of the service’s biggest selling points.
