Stage 2: Watch out · Storage & photos

Your network, data, purchases, and habits make leaving costly or awkward, even as the bargain shifts.

Dropbox
2

The file-sync pioneer, now pushing AI as its core business plateaus; your files remain easy to take elsewhere.

Storage & photos Tool Since 2008
Flickr
2

A photographers’ community owned by SmugMug, funded by Pro subscriptions; free accounts have been capped at 1,000 photos since 2019.

Storage & photos Platform Since 2004
Google Photos
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Launched with free unlimited storage; now part of paid Google One, and the default photo app on most Android phones.

Storage & photos Tool Since 2015