Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Google Photos Launches With Unlimited Storage, Completely Separate From Google+

Posted by timothy on from the delete-is-the-hardest-key-to-press dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a report that Google yesterday announced at its I/O conference a photo-storage site known as Google Photos. Says the article: The new service is completely separate from Google+, something Google users have been requesting for eons. Google is declaring that Google Photos lets you backup and store "unlimited, high-quality photos and videos, for free." It's a bit creepy to see all the photos that Google still has on tap, including many that I've since deleted on my phone.

2 of 175 comments (clear)

  1. that's what spy agencies do by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a bit creepy to see all the photos that Google still has on tap, including many that I've since deleted on my phone

    That's what spy agencies do. They keep your photos for 20 years after you've already forgotten about them, and then POW. When you step out of line and vote for the wrong person or support the wrong cause, they'll dredge them back up, and blackmail you on the basis that you were sitting together in the same bar as a known bad guy one day while you were both in college.

    TANSTAAFL.

  2. Re:oajds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's stupid anyhow. These days you can buy a 128GB USB flash drive for like $30, which should hold a lot of pictures at full quality.

    But it can't be (easily) automated. And USB flash drives are EVIL for backups - you should buy a HDD for that. With the auto-upload you have the photos backed up (and also ready to be sent to someone through any channel) in matter of seconds, without the need for any action you can forgot, delay, or whatever. A good backup solution doesn't require any activity from the user. And this is especially important if you want to backup your grandma's data.