While those with auto-renew turned off, or who have more than 1TB stored, will have to visit the Manage Storage page to opt in to one of the new limited storage plans. After which, those with auto-renew turned on - and less than 1TB of data stored - will be automatically renewed into the 1TB plan/$60pa. tl dr your personal photos are a lot more valuable than your storage-heavy digital entertainment collection.Ĭurrent Amazon Drive customers who have the old unlimited storage plan will keep it through its expiration date.

Though the photo exception is notable, and not just because Google’s competing unlimited photo storage offer persists but because photos offer a rich stream of personal data - extractable by third parties via machine learning technology. Two years later Amazon is now tightening the screws on those who have locked their data inside its vaults - an all too familiar story in the cloud storage space. And lo and behold, two months later Google announced its own free unlimited photo storage service. Best to think of that as getting your first hit for free.Īs for unlimited storage, Amazon only introduced the option in March 2015 - when it was couched as an aggressive play in an increasingly competitive consumer cloud storage market. (The prior pricing was $11.99pa for unlimited photos or unlimited everything for $59.99.)Īll sign ups still get 5GB of storage gratis. Instead they can choose either 100 GB for $11.99 per year, or 1 TB for $59.99, with up to 30 TB available for an additional $59.99 per TB. Another cloud storage party is over, guys: Amazon has sunsetted its unlimited cloud storage plan for Amazon Drive - although members of its Prime subscription club will still get unlimited cloud storage for photos.įrom today, people signing up for Amazon Drive will not be able to select an unlimited cloud storage option.

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