Google to start charging for storage

Google lured billions of consumers to its digital services by offering copious free cloud storage. That’s beginning to change. It has whittled down some free storage offers in recent months, while prodding more users toward a new paid cloud subscription called Google One. That’s happening as the amount of data people stash online continues to soar.

When people hit those caps, they realise they have little choice but to start paying, or risk ...