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Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

by: Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jun 1, 2021 / 03:42 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 1, 2021 / 03:42 PM EDT FILE – This Sept. 24, 2019, file photo shows a sign on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such remuneration agreements, a minister said on Wednesday,… Source link

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Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

by: Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: May 31, 2021 / 10:33 PM EDT / Updated: May 31, 2021 / 10:33 PM EDT FILE – This Sept. 24, 2019, file photo shows a sign on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such remuneration agreements, a minister said on Wednesday,… Source link

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Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

Google Photo users: You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

by: Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: May 31, 2021 / 04:15 PM CDT / Updated: May 31, 2021 / 04:15 PM CDT FILE – This Sept. 24, 2019, file photo shows a sign on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such remuneration agreements, a minister said on Wednesday,… Source link

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You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

You may soon have to pay to store your photos, videos

by: Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: May 31, 2021 / 04:12 PM EDT / Updated: May 31, 2021 / 04:27 PM EDT FILE – This Sept. 24, 2019, file photo shows a sign on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such remuneration agreements, a minister said on Wednesday,… Source link

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How bad is Google Photos’ compression anyway?

How bad is Google Photos’ compression anyway?

Google Photos has long offered one of the best deals in all of photo storage: it’ll back up your entire library for free, so long as it can compress the images a bit. But as of tomorrow, June 1st, that deal goes away, and you’re now eating through Google storage (which you may have to pay for) whether your images are compressed or not. With the change looming, I’ve been wondering how bad Google’s compression actually is. Does the compression leave my photos in “High Quality,”… Source link

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Google Photos unlimited free storage going away

Google Photos unlimited free storage going away

(ABC4) – If you use Google Photos be prepared – you may have to start paying to store your photos and videos. Starting Tuesday, June 1, you will only have 15 GB of free storage to use. If you need more space, it will cost you. Get Utah’s latest news sent to your inbox! Click here to subscribe to the free ABC4 daily newsletter. In November, Google announced the change to its photo service, saying more than 4 trillion photos are stored within it, with 28 billion new… Source link

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How to backup all photos before Google Photos free storage ends on June 1

How to backup all photos before Google Photos free storage ends on June 1

Google Photos storage will start counting towards your free 15GB Google account from June 1, 2021. This means all photos that get backed up on Google Photos from June 1 will automatically consume your limited free 15GB Google account space that is shared by Gmail, Docs and Drive. And in case, your storage gets full due to photos, then you may stop receiving new emails. Having said that, the good news is that Google is allowing you to save all photos (in High Quality only and not Original… Source link

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Google Photos wants money: Stricter storage limitations kick in next week

Google Photos wants money: Stricter storage limitations kick in next week

Enlarge / The Google Photos storage management tool. Google Google Photos would like some of your money. The service is turning six years old and will kick off its quest for monetization next week, when Google will start getting more restrictive about photo storage limits. The goal is to push users over the 15GB free limit that comes with every Google account so they’ll buy more storage via the “Google One” program. Google Photos launched with… Source link

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