Google is playing tricks with their app, very likely in an effort to force users to buy more storage.
When Google reversed their decision to offer unlimited storage back in June of 2021 ,many users left the platform. They migrated to destinations they were already using, or to other platforms that simply continued to offer unlimited storage.
Google did offer users the ability to save storage space, using a setting within the app called "Storage Saver," which compressed photos and videos slightly. Many kept using Google Photos leveraging this option and it worked great.
An update to the app on May 25, 2025 changed that setting. This was confirmed with several users. Of course, everyone had a slightly different date. That was the date that everything began to backup at "Original Quality," using more storage than it should have been.
This sure feels like "as designed." Folks are finding different solutions and backing away from the "The Cloud." What better way to force people to make a choice than to tamper with their settings?
If you have fallen victim to this scam, you will need to adjust the settings within the App on your device.
Be aware that you will need to do this for every app on every device that you backup photos from. If you use Desktop on your computer, you will need to do it there (and in every browser you use to backup).
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