Picasa Web Albums Adds More Storage Options
Haochi Chen noticed that Picasa Web Albums now lets you pay them even more money for more storage. Besides 6.25 gigabytes for 25 bucks, you can now get:
- 25GB ($100 per year)
- 100GB ($300 per year)
- 250GB ($500 per year)
If you’re a serious heavy-duty uploader, this is just great. Flickr places limits on Pro accounts that can’t be increased; there’s no amount of money you can throw at them to get more than two gigs of upload bandwidth per month. At two gigs a month, it’d take over ten years to get 250 gigs of images online, and you’d pay $250 to do it. With Google, you pay $500 per year, and you can throw ‘em all online right now. Having different options is great for everyone.
As a power user, I’d vastly prefer a hosting account + some open-source picture gallery that isn’t called Gallery over this feature, if only to feel more in control.
However, it does look like it’s very easy to use, so I guess it’s a no-brainer to Mr. Sixpack when he sees the price — or lack thereof!
Comment by Tim | November 27, 2006