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|Category=Cloud, Cloud storage | |Category=Cloud, Cloud storage | ||
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|Description=Cloud storage service by Google that has declined its service quality over time and has banned users for unfair reasons. | |Description=Cloud storage service by Google that has declined its service quality over time and has banned users for unfair reasons. | ||
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===Limiting storage space for users not linking their phone number (May 2026)=== | ===Limiting storage space for users not linking their phone number (May 2026)=== | ||
Since May 2026, the maximum storage limit of 15GB has been limited for users that have no linked their phone number, restricting their storage limit up to 5GB<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=14 May 2026 |title=Google accounts no longer get 15GB of free storage, only 5GB until you link a phone number |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/google-account-free-storage-changes-15gb/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515032938/https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/google-account-free-storage-changes-15gb/ |archive-date=2026-05-15 |access-date=23 May 2026 |website=95ToGoogle}}</ref>. | Since May 2026, the maximum storage limit of 15GB has been limited for users that have no linked their phone number, restricting their storage limit up to 5GB<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=14 May 2026 |title=Google accounts no longer get 15GB of free storage, only 5GB until you link a phone number |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/google-account-free-storage-changes-15gb/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515032938/https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/google-account-free-storage-changes-15gb/ |archive-date=2026-05-15 |access-date=23 May 2026 |website=95ToGoogle}}</ref>. | ||
=== Falsely flagging users for CSAM === | |||
Google Photos (essentially a subdirectory of cloud storage like google drive) also gets scanned like google drive to flag accounts and report inccidents automatically to law enforcement along with permanently banning your account<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Kashmir |date=2022-08-21 |title=A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html |url-status=live |website=New York Times}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||