Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage in June 2021

Post by perryizgr8 » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 1:56 AM UTC

spunker540 wrote: post #43

perryizgr8 wrote: post #24

The search function in Google photos is really the main factor why I'd want to continue using it. I wish there were a photo search index I could run on my own hdd.

Curious what indexing features you find most useful. For me the killer feature was how ocr rendered a lot of photos searchable by the text contained in the photo. But also cool how you can search “mountains” and see all your photos related to that.

Post by FireBy2024 » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 2:04 AM UTC

baskire wrote: post #16

TuringNYC wrote: post #9

Anyone know why the strange tiers on Google One? There is a 2TB ($100/yr) and 10TB ($600/yr). - Usually prices scale log, but here, there is a storage premium going from 2TB to 10TB. - Does anyone else think 2TB is a bit low for a moderately savvy family plan? Why isnt there a middle tier like 5TB?

Probs they expect a 2TiB plan user to never use a significant amount of the 2TiB. Whereas the 10TiB plan user is more likely to use a higher percentage of allotted storage.

Post by TheCoelacanth » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 2:07 AM UTC

pgt wrote: post #408

dontfiremepls wrote: post #376

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it's anti-competitive dumping. The dirty secret of SV is that it's an enormous dumping scheme: burn billions of dollars of money to offer 'free' or goods and services, gain a dominant position in the market by driving the honestly priced competition into the ground, then jack up the prices and fleece the customers. Uber is the poster boy of this strategy, but it's not the only one. The honest approach would b…

This seems like a fallacy. VC subsidies benefit consumers until they run out of money or raise prices. As long as the market remains free, there will be new entrants. The problem is regulation that keeps competitors out. In some cases Big Co. lobbies for this regulation, but often it is government that kills competition by attempting to tax said Big Co., or adds expensive compliance.

Post by TheCoelacanth » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 2:12 AM UTC

andromeduck wrote: post #433

dontfiremepls wrote: post #407

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are going to lawyer this, aren't we? The service was promised for free, not per photo storage. The expectation is that the service will continue to be free. From what you're saying, (most of) the future use of the service, which consists of uploading and storing new photos, will be charged. Velvet gloves dumping.

So if someone gives you a free beer for a the foreseeable future they also owe you free beer for life? What kind of entitlement is this?!

Post by mceachen » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 2:30 AM UTC

627467 wrote: post #490

Can't complain for the end of free service. Now, am i the only one who wished that, rather than just catalogue and organized bazillion photos, photo storage services would actually help us curate our own photos? At some point I wish there was a service that would help me narrow my 30K+ photos down to maybe 1000 o so.