Comments on: Why Google’s Storage Pricing is Not a Rip-off

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:32:24 +0000

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By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:34:23 +0000

Still OK with Google’s TOS and privacy policies in all this?

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:28:43 +0000

Tony,

You’re right, I’ve edited the post accordingly. Thanks for correcting me.

By: Tony Ruscoe

Tony Ruscoe — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:58:50 +0000

Zoli, I think the title and first paragraph of this post are still incorrect.

Gmail’s storage counter has not stopped counting; non-branded Gmail accounts are not frozen at 2886 MB.

All of the Gmail accounts I’ve seen now say 2887 MB.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:48:10 +0000

Yes, I agree on the photo side – Picasa Web was underwhelming to begin with. But it’s hard to isolate one product – both Yahoo and Google have a range of service, and very different pricing policies. Yahoo Mail costs you $$$ if you want POP, which is free with Gmail..

My point is about the overall value you get from a full productivity suite + storage. If Google chooses not to charge for the apps, only storage, it’s not a bad combo, you have more functionality for your $ then with Yahoo.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:33:32 +0000

I do agree with what you said Zoli – if this storage ends up being for everything, like say an eventual Gdrive, then this move makes a lot more sense. People, including myself, were expecting unlimited Gdrive storage for free, but that was probably always unrealistic.

However, while comparing Google charging for the storage to Yahoo Email Unlimited straight up may be unfair, Yahoo’s Flickr also only charge $30 a year for UNLIMITED photo storage (and soon probably video storage), so Google’s low-end $20 for 6 gigabytes still looks very overpriced in my book.

By: Tony Ruscoe

Tony Ruscoe — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:28:49 +0000

Your counter stopped counting? Mine didn’t…

The Gmail sign in page says it’s still counting and some of the accounts I have access to say they’ve got 2887MB whereas other say 2886MB.

I don’t think they’ve stopped counting, I think they’re just counting very slowly and it depends which server your Gmail account is on as to whether you’ve got 2886MB or 2887MB.