<story><title>Google Photos hooked users with free unlimited storage. Now that&apos;s changing</title><url>https://keyt.com/news/money-and-business/2020/11/12/google-photos-hooked-users-with-free-unlimited-storage-now-thats-changing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>part1of2</author><text>&amp;gt; Anil Sabharwal, Google Photos’ then-head, said in a blog post when the service launched in 2015. “And when we say a lifetime of memories, we really mean it.”&lt;p&gt;Most of Google’s product strategy has been bait &amp;amp; switch, and I saythat with all due to respect to the engineers. It’s the leaders who make these decisions</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>save_ferris</author><text>You could argue that all hyper growth “build it and they will come” types of companies do this bait and switch. It’s inherent to the startup culture that emphasizes capturing users above earning profit in the early stages of a company.&lt;p&gt;Think about how many VC-backed companies offer services at discounted rates today in hopes of being able charge higher rates for that service in the future. This is endemic to tech generally, not just Google.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Photos hooked users with free unlimited storage. Now that&apos;s changing</title><url>https://keyt.com/news/money-and-business/2020/11/12/google-photos-hooked-users-with-free-unlimited-storage-now-thats-changing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>part1of2</author><text>&amp;gt; Anil Sabharwal, Google Photos’ then-head, said in a blog post when the service launched in 2015. “And when we say a lifetime of memories, we really mean it.”&lt;p&gt;Most of Google’s product strategy has been bait &amp;amp; switch, and I saythat with all due to respect to the engineers. It’s the leaders who make these decisions</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nicoburns</author><text>To be fair, Google&amp;#x27;s pricing on storage is more than reasonable. I pay £2.50&amp;#x2F;month for 200gb of storage which more than covers my lifetimes worth of photos so far (in full res with a fair few RAW photos in there too).&lt;p&gt;And they&amp;#x27;re not deleting any photos that users already uploaded. I think Google deserve all the criticism they get for shutting down services. But this one seems to have been handled quite well.</text></comment>