PCWorld reports that Google quietly reduced free storage from 15GB to 5GB for new accounts created without phone number verification. This policy change affects Gmail, Drive, and Photos storage for ...

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Google has made a notable change to its account storage policy, limiting the usual 15GB of free storage only to accounts that are verified with a phone number. For years now, signing up for a Google ...