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And when we say a lifetime of memories, we really mean it. With Google Photos, you can now backup and store unlimited, high-quality photos and videos, for free.

In Google parlance, a (free product) lifetime is somewhere between 2 - 7 years.

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Looks like the unlimited free storage is for high quality, but not original, versions of the images and videos. Original quality is subject to storage limits/pricing:

https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220791?p=storage&r...

With some sort of revenue, maybe this product will be sustainable.



I believe that page is outdated as of today. Until now, G+ stored pictures up to 2000px for free. As of today, photos of up to 16 megapixels may be stored for free.


But they can recompress it according to the help pages. If you want to store the originals, it's counted towards your space.




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