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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Be prepared to pay when it dies. I assumed it wouldn't count when I got a new phone. It does. So now they want me to sign up for a plan. Well, now they want me to pay more for a higher tier. I got a nas instead. I'm cancelling the plan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I forgot that I had years of free uploads from my Pixel 2. That eventually expired. But I never had to pay for those uploads.

I also had 100 extra GB for two years for being one of the first Google Maps guides, populating the map with the first photos of businesses etc. When that expired, I did have to start paying. Google are smart - they got me addicted to having all my files right there wherever I was. It's only $20ish per year for that tier, I have been happy to pay for it. I think this might be what happened to you. You may have had some sort of promotion that expired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but it was meant to be for life. It may be I’m misremembering, ut it seemed like when the phone died, he storage was now counted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I never had to do this with all the media I uploaded via my Pixel 2 back when it has those benefits. Everything I uploaded that way counts zero toward my storage cap, to this day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe I’m just using lots of storage as I’ve got kids and that means lots of photos and videos. However, it seemed odd at the time, however it’s a few years since I noticed.