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New users.
Even still, I moved off Gmail years ago. I keep my Google fingerprint minimal.
THATS THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE STILL USE GMAIL! Proton Mail has 1 free gb, I didn’t use it when I had the free plan.
"You have 15 GB of space as long as you're not using it all"
I blame Microslop
Pay for webmail.
Be the product.
Choose the form of the destructor.
Why not both? /s
We already see $1,500 TVs showing ads.
I see a Ghostbusters quote, I upvote
They really think they can get away with anything don't they... All the mainstream companies do.
Is Proton okay?
Yes, unless you read into the missinfo campaings. They will follow your local laws, but you can control how much info they have on you.
Gee, would've been a shame if Google's employees go on strike and start their own company.
Time to create a bunch of throwaway gmail accounts!
I would prefer they didn't do this, but I understand. Storage isn't without cost. 5 GB is a lot for email actually. It's probably intended to reduce abuse from bots. We should probably not be using free email anyway.
Storage is incredibly cheap, though. If Google used S3, the cost for a 15GB account would be pennies a year, and since they host their own architecture it can be orders of magnitude less. This isn't about recouping costs. This is just about shaking users down for more subscription money.
It's about tying phone numbers to accounts.
If it were, they wouldn't tie it to storage space. That doesn't matter to scammers and spammers; they'd require it for sending to more than x recipients per month, or for API access, or for any number of other things. The one thing spammers and scammers don't need is storage space. They just need a trusted email gateway and IP address.
New Gmail accounts still get 15GB if they provide a phone number. So it's specifically about that.
Have you heard about Android?
Yes. And?
they need thier AI bucks somehow.
The market is saturated and "don't be evil" was a long, long time ago...
Thank you Google for TURNING INTO FUCKING APPLE RIGHT AFTER I SWITCH TO A FUCKING PIXEL
GrapheneOS is built for Google devices. Doesn't really solve the email problem though.
NOOOO! im getting scammed out of my money. Im already paying $0/year and they have the AUDACITY to decrease my subscription benefits?????
Remember the 1GB Gmail reaction? I remember:
Damn, this image can now drink alcohol in the US.
5GB is plenty for emails, won't be an issue for 99% of people.
THE problem with google's storage is that they actively mislead consumers:
This is the real dark pattern behind their "free cloud"
oh yea they hide thier back up location very well, you have to go digging in your google drive and click on the backup/cloud option to see where it went.
Yes, backing up your photos is the killer.
It is interesting. I've deleted almost all my emails from my Gmail account and it just won't go bellow 50% full. There is no way to see what is taking up the space.
My mother on the other hand has 3000+ emails and it's at like 15% full. They absolutely do this on purpose.
Did you ever use Google Photos to store your pics? That is what has my Gmail/google storage at 99% full, even though it's been over a decade since I used it and I disconnected it from all my accounts.. except apparently not. You can go through the steps to disconnect, it looks like it works, but it doesn't. I currently have an iPhone, and if I try to delete all the photos in Google Photos, it will still sync with my phone and also delete the same photos on my phone. No matter what I do, I can't severe that connection. And so I'm stuck at 99%
Are you sure you're not using anything else google related that might clog it up? That's what I'm getting at. Check google one for a breakdown.
likely backing up to your google cloud with photos, files, essays,,,,etc.
