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yeah the "we are not going to count what you already uploaded" is on one hand the bait to keep you hooked and on the other a good way to avoid a riot... get people to pay and the people that move on might forget that they have a google photos... win win
lets just see if we are gonna get some alternatives by next year, because im not a heavy user but im already over 50GB on compressed google photos, so if there is no easy alternative ill guess ill pony up to Google.... ie flickr might have been a decent alternative, but smugmug are even worst with pricing, you never know what you gonna pay with them...
They are also permanently deleting files in Google Drive’s trash after 30 days, which they didn’t do before.
Since it's Google we are talking about we can't rule out the possibility that one day accounts hoarding TBs of data find themselves locked out of their accounts and then they hit a wall of automated/bot response already saying the decision is final. Then you figure out you had actually agreed to a condition that makes it fair and square as well.
All of your Google a/c and not just the Drive, mind it. Yes, that's how Google ban works.
Get out of Google till you have the luxury of saying - "it has never happened to me, yet".
And Facebook. They carpet ban as well. Basically any service that has one a/c for a bundle of shits and each of them having its own opaque ban triggers.
If you don't pay for something, then there is always a risk. I dunno why people use free services to store their valuable data, and emails.
To be viable if busted up, or to show they don't subsidize one side of business by taking loss in others?
Wtf? Because then they keep that money to be used on other things that aren't free. I don't know why people ask dumb questions that they really should know the answer to.
Do you live in a world where you still haven't been ripped off despite PAYING for something? If so, we don't live in that world with you.
Yes i'm sure the guy posting a PB or two of porn is the key demographic that they're after
There's many many people with massive plex libraries on there.
Lets give it until Summer and see. I'll be hedging on them amazon'ing it.
Francisco
What about PornHub?
Asking for a friend.
I can't wait to see Ben Shapiro posting his podcast to pornhub.
Francisco
No, that's not the point. When you pay, they have an obligation to provide the service as they claim, whereas when you don't pay, you are not expected to complain about it. You have to go to the community forum, post your question, and hope someone might answer your questions. When you pay, you often get customer support service.
I thought it was obvious. Yes. I don't. Hell, I even pay for Linux ISOs.
No, that is the point. Companies take money all the time and fail to provide services, either to fuck the obligation, or they simply can't deliver. Would you pay money to a company about to go bankrupt and when they do, you STILL get the service? No.
How much notice does the failing business provide vs what Google does when they sunset a service? More than enough time to find other solutions if Google doesn't fit the bill.
You have a better argument of Google's history of cancelling projects that didn't take off, rather than bitch about the free services they provide.
wtf? This is the Internet, nothing stops anybody from complaining about anything. Ask any person doing support for a free service and ask them if people complain. Spoiler alert, they (we) do.
Yes, and competent people do that even with paid support available. It's like you think all support is great and not time consuming, or something.
Free or paid, people do what they do with what they got and their needs. There's lots of reasons.
@TimboJones
Sure there can be exceptions, but when something is given for free, the service expects you to not complain. on top of that there is no protection, and assurance that you can use it further. Google Workspace service provides customer support https://support.google.com/a/answer/10105075?hl=en But free users have to go to their forum and post and hope someone might answer it. If you are a tech savvy person you can easily fix problems, but when you don't have much knowledge, you definitely have to hire someone.
https://workspace.google.com/faq/
If you had gone to Google, or any forum and complained nobody helps you, the chance is they will ignore you further, but when you are a paying customer, they can't ignore your support tickets.
All in all, it's always better to pay for a service than get it for free, but it doesn't mean all the paying services are better, and free services are bad, but there is a legal protection, and assurance that you more often get what you pay for. in addition, I have personally experienced paying services are more likely to be trustworthy.
Pro tip when evaluating how much storage you would need for your new Photos after Google Photos becomes freemium: Go to your "Google Dashboard", scroll down and see how many photos you currently have in total on Google Photos. For example, I had 34k photos on there.
According to lmgtfy the 100GB paid plan will be sufficient for about 33k photos.Luckily, old photos dont count towards that limit so go estimate your needs to get an idea whether it is worth moving elsewhere
Remember: 100GB is not only for Photos but also includes your GDrive usage and email.
Ok, so you do know the answer to your own question.
That's a particular flavour of Kool-Aid you're drinking there. Good for you, sounds like you can afford to have your hand held and pay out for every thing. Live your life as you see fit, you're helping the economy.