Let's take a look at what's out there: Amazon Photosįor anyone already paying $119 yearly for Prime membership with Amazon, they get faster shipping, entertainment and free online, unlimited photo storage. Even the Alexa app, which only should be used for controlling the smart speaker, clocks in a quarter of a gig. On my phone now, I'm looking at at least a half a gigabytes each for apps like Facebook and Gmail. When factoring in how much storage you need, remember that it's not just photos and videos on your phone, but all those data-hungry apps. In an era when we are taking more high-resolution photos and videos than ever before, we either have to invest in multiple hard drives – which sadly, do not last – or spend monthly on expensive online storage.
So what other options are out there for us? Sadly, there are few that are free. After five years of enticing consumers with offers of free photo and video storage, albeit it with a hitch (lower resolution), Google turned its back on consumers Wednesday and says we'll all have to start paying as of June 1st.
