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With free storage at max from Google to Shutterfly to Snap, the price for your memories is rising

  • Kevin Williams--CNBC
  • published date: 2026-02-28 13:30:01 UTC

With close to half of Americans having over 1,000 photos on phones, the era of free cloud storage is ending. Keeping your memories now comes at a rising cost.

The giddy days of free cloud storage enticed many to upload photos, documents, and other virtual mementos without a thought about all the space it was taking up. Those days, however, are now in the p… [+8989 chars]