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New quota recalculations in Picasa Web Album

• bostonpete 16y ago
  This is no joke. My picasa usage just went from ~20 GB to 0.6 GB. While I appreciate this change, I can't comprehend the rationale behind it. It doesn't seem like storing lots of little files would be cheaper for Google, so why would they ignore them for the purposes of calculating your quota...?
  • orijing 16y ago
    My first thought: Facebook Facebook added high-resolution images to compete with Google's potential social network offering. On the other end, Google now made low-resolution images and videos "free" to attack that side of the market. My reason could be completely wrong though.
  • pedrokost 16y ago
    They have the money to offer something for free, so if it makes customers happier, there is no reason not to do it. Offering "free space" for very HQ images and long videos would not be cost efficient.
  • Andrex 16y ago
    Also I've been seeing ads pop up in PWA over the past year (mostly on the homepage), so maybe Google is thinking they can monetize it with even free use, as before now it was reliant on paid storage for profitability. And of course, Picasa is baked into the Android Gallery app, and they want people to keep using them together.
  • bpodgursky 16y ago
    I think it's more of a "please store all the pictures and home videos you want, but don't use it as a HD video repository" tact.