I don’t blame Google Photos for ending free unlimited storage. I blame them for using it as a bludgeon to drive other services out of business, convince people to delete media to free up space, and THEN end free storage when it’s hard for anyone to leave. https://t.co/UdgpVAklzW

— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) November 12, 2020

“Too big” Timeline:
- All my photos stored locally on Picasa
- Google buys Picasa
- Google shuts down Picasa saying its cloud photo system is better and free and unlimited
- most competition withers
- Google says free storage is no longer free
https://t.co/nMY6zbUGCy

— Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) November 11, 2020

After five years of being completely free, Google Photos will begin capping free uploads at 15GB on June 1st, 2021. Everything uploaded until then won’t count against the cap, but it seriously complicates what used to be an easy recommendation for me. https://t.co/1B7UiVLyj6 pic.twitter.com/PqZ5Uv4k9a

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) November 11, 2020

Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021 https://t.co/blI1tZPKiy pic.twitter.com/EE8D1ph5mm

— The Verge (@verge) November 12, 2020

This is classic Google. The company lured users with the promise of free storage. Then, once it hooked them, it started charging.

In Google search, Maps and Gmail, it captured users with free, clean services -- and then built more and more ads into them. https://t.co/kjGTrNoX9u

— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) November 12, 2020

Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021 https://t.co/pYrS7JtoWu pic.twitter.com/GeP8E0g06q

— The Verge (@verge) November 11, 2020

無限、無期限、永久などというのが無理なのは自明で、今まで無限・永久といってたサービスはすべて途中で方針を変えてるので、今どきこの言葉を使ってサービスを始める企業は不誠実な企業として認識している。https://t.co/ftT0vAzA1t

— kishikawa katsumi (@k_katsumi) November 12, 2020

Another one for the "vendor abandonment" category of digital fragility. "Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021" https://t.co/P9tL3ZfFcT via @Verge

— CherylMcKinnon (@CherylMcKinnon) November 12, 2020

Looks like the free ride is over at Google Photos. https://t.co/XhsJ4Z7WlG

— Scott Monty (@ScottMonty) November 11, 2020

After five years of enticing consumers with offers of free photo and video storage, Google turned its back on consumers Wednesday and says we'll all have to start paying as of June 1st. https://t.co/Ezrq9Lje5W

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 12, 2020

Sadly, there are only a few options for storing unlimited photos and videos that are free. https://t.co/kfe732gEu2

— USA TODAY Money (@USATODAYmoney) November 12, 2020

Google will no longer offer free photo and video storage as of June. What are our other options? Bad news: you'll have to pay. Good news: there are many other options out there. @Flickr @smugmug @amazon https://t.co/Jy25ykNIsR

— Jefferson Graham (@jeffersongraham) November 11, 2020