Review Free Unlimited cloud storage for your photos and videos

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Hello dear forum members,
As I have highlighted in my prevous videos, cloud storage should be integral part of your back up regime. But Cloud storage is limited and if you want more storage, you will have to buy it and this cost is recurring. So in this video, I show you how I back up my photos. This method is free but comes at the cost of your time. It should not be misused and should only be used for Personal backup. I hope you like this video. I would love your comments on the same.
 
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hellblazer33 said:
I have lost 2tb ext hdd when it fell down from my table.All my photos and videos are gone.Never suggest anyone to backup in hdd's Your photos and videos are much precious than yearly cloud subscriptions.
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I have my files cloned in 3 harddrives. 2 of them are in my active laptop that has 1tb + 2tb + 2tb - all SSD's. Got subscribed to office 365 that gives a 1TB online storage. All my important folders are synced with this. Weekly once I sync it to the 3rd harddrive. There is a freeware called freesync that I use to sync easily
 
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Has anyone ever tried pcloud storage? It looks quite impressive and they do provide discounts as well during the festive times. thinking of buying one.
 
lockhrt999 said:
Google photos unlimited storage in original quality is still free for rooted or pixel roms.
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Google will eventually end the offer and force a migration to paid plan just like they did recently with G Suite. Better to pay for storage and avoid the hassle later on. OneDrive Family Plan is pretty cheap.
 
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TinTinSnowy said:
Google will eventually end the offer and force a migration to paid plan just like they did recently with G Suite. Better to pay for storage and avoid the hassle later on. OneDrive Family Plan is pretty cheap.
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Yes indeed. I was merely informing. I thought Google had ended unlimited storage for all pixels.
 
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swapnil0545 said:
Has anyone ever tried pcloud storage? It looks quite impressive and they do provide discounts as well during the festive times. thinking of buying one.
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I was thinking of it last Black Friday, especially the lifetime one. Turns out they simply ban the account in case any file is flagged as per DMCA which implies one will get banned for having any pirated content on the drive.

You could encrypt the complete storage but that will result in losing out on most of the inbuilt features.
 
t3chg33k said:
I was thinking of it last Black Friday, especially the lifetime one. Turns out they simply ban the account in case any file is flagged as per DMCA which implies one will get banned for having any pirated content on the drive.

You could encrypt the complete storage but that will result in losing out on most of the inbuilt features.
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Icecloud also provides lifetime plans. I was confused between these two when I was looking for a lifetime plan.
 
shivp0ster said:
do they provide better speeds in their premium plans? always have a hard time with their download speeds on the free version
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I never had any issues with free plan with respect to upload or download both. I am not sure on premium plans as I haven't exceeded free Quota yet which is 50GB.
 
Afrin101 said:
Another way for getting unlimited cloud storage is to have a cheap phone that's rootable and install the magisk google photos mod on it
And you can upload unlimited photos and videos on it
Just would have to copy the photo to that old phone from time to time and you are good to go
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Do files are safe on magisk mod?
Also, is it truly unlimited?
 
Sanjay_Shinde said:
I never had any issues with free plan with respect to upload or download both. I am not sure on premium plans as I haven't exceeded free Quota yet which is 50GB.
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Mega.nz severely restricts Asian accounts in terms of speed and bandwidth. In the past, had a lot of downloads getting paused in between, which is irritating, as you cannot resume the encrypted downloads directly until the quota is reset. Worked much better over European VPN connection.

A big part of using a cloud provider though is how it integrates in other ecosystems and OneDrive is great in that regard, especially if you are spending 600-700 bucks a year on a family plan with Office and Outlook.
 
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Has anyone tried aws s3 or Google cloud buckets? You won't find cheaper pricing and better reliability anywhere else. S3 One Zone - Infrequent Access will cost you 0.83 rs (excl tax) per GB. That's 41.5rs per month for 50GB which is plenty for most of us. For videos youtube private is the way to go.
 
imad7x said:
Has anyone tried aws s3 or Google cloud buckets? You won't find cheaper pricing and better reliability anywhere else. S3 One Zone - Infrequent Access will cost you 0.83 rs (excl tax) per GB. That's 41.5rs per month for 50GB which is plenty for most of us. For videos youtube private is the way to go.
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Don't they charge separately for data retrieval and transfer? Considering that, you will have to closely monitor transfers so as to not run up the bill. Not practical if you are using it to constantly sync personal files like you do with other cloud providers.
 
t3chg33k said:
Don't they charge separately for data retrieval and transfer? .
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Only when you use glacier.
Considering that, you will have to closely monitor transfers so as to not run up the bill. Not practical if you are using it to constantly sync personal files like you do with other cloud providers
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You can always setup pricing alerts for free on your account. I have been using aws for personal use for 4+ years for different services and never had to worry about billing. (I use free acc with different email every year)
 
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