In May, Google unveiled Google One, a replacement for its Drive cloud storage service. There’s a free 15GB tier – enough room for about 5,000 photos, depending on the resolution. Then it costs US$1.99 (RM8.30) a month for 100GB and up from there. This includes several types of files previously stashed in Google Drive, plus Gmail emails and photos and videos. The company ended its Chromebook two-year 100GB free storage offer around the same time, while the Pixel free photo storage deal ended in October with the release of the Pixel 4.

Gmail, Drive and Google Photos have more than 1 billion users each. As the company whittles away free storage offers and prompts more people to pay, that creates a potentially huge new revenue stream for the company. If 10% of Gmail users sign up for the new US$1.99 (RM8.30) a month Google One subscription, that would generate almost US$2.4bil (RM10.05bil) a year in annual, recurring sales for the company.

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