Google is cutting free storage limits, but I found an alternative that doesn't require a subscription
Google is reducing the free storage limit for new users from 15GB to 5GB, which can be increased by linking a phone number. This change has raised concerns about the adequacy of storage for users, particularly for those who rely heavily on photos and videos. Alternatives for photo storage include using multiple cloud services or opting for hardware solutions like external hard drives.
- ▪New Google accounts now receive only 5GB of free storage instead of the previous 15GB.
- ▪Users can increase their storage limit by linking their phone number to their Google account.
- ▪Amazon Prime members benefit from unlimited photo storage and 5GB of video storage.
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| Original publisher | Android Police |
| Canonical URL | https://www.androidpolice.com/google-is-cutting-free-storage-limits-but-i-found-an-alternative-that-costs-nothing/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 20 May 2026 17:02:11 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-20T17:05:02.733Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-20T17:05:02.733Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | Lh18Pgey4YpV |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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