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Fight Google’s data cap with a simple change to Google Photos

PC World: “Until now, uploading photos on your Android phone has seemed like a perfectly good idea. But beginning in June, 2021, that decision is going to hit you right in the pocketbook, as Google begins to enforce its new storage policy. Blocking photos from uploading to Google Photos, as weird as it sounds, will eventually save you money…Let’s be clear on one thing: Until June 1 rolls around and Google’s policy kicks in, upload everything! If you have old photos you want to store on Google’s cloud at the “high resolution” setting, you can—and it will all be grandfathered in. You don’t have to start counting gigabytes until June. But when you do, we have some tips for managing your data to avoid paying Google…”

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