Whoever decided to use dark patterns at @googlepixel to trick users into activating backup on photos while just trying to browse their Pixel just added to my chaos pile today.
Oh, yeah, I turned off the backup feature a year ago when I decided to go crazy with videos and one little push of the backup button would shut down my quota instantly.
Hand phone to child to view photos. Miss them hitting the backup all button. Quota destroyed.
The free storage limit in Google Drive
Isn’t that the inverse of a quota?
I’m not a native English speaker so 🤷♂️, but the term disk quota is commonly used to refer to this kind of limit.
@Markaos @chunkystyles which is shared with Gmail.
I had enough foresight to use a secondary Gmail account with my new photos account to avoid total disaster at least, but still annoying.