Google Photos has dropped its free unlimited storage tier and will start charging next summer. The problem is that Google’s excellent free service has killed off the competition, so there’s not really much left to choose from.

Starting June 1, 2021, Google will charge you to store more than 15GB of photos. And that 15GB is also used by Google Docs or Sheets in your Google Drive. The good news is that the photos you currently have stored are safe and won’t count toward the new 15GB limit. The bad news is that there are no decent free alternatives for online photo storage.

"[It's] notable that Google's free photo storage has helped drive a lot of startups out of this market: Everpix, Loom, Ever, Picturelife," writes technology journalist Casey Newton. "Now that they're gone, and Google is tired of losing money on Photos, the revenue switch has flipped."

Let’s cut to the chase: if you want to store your photos online and you already like and use Google, then you’ll just have to pay. You still get 15GB of free storage and then you can increase the size of your Google Drive. For example, 100GB will only cost you $1.99 per month.