Or that they would de-duplicate photo storage. Currently, if you upload one from phone+tablet+computer or some other combo of devices, the photos all count towards your storage limit rather than storing one object and having references to that same one object. It is a problem already solved multiple ways.
No, I believe they are saying one 5mb photo file is duplicated per device it’s saved on, meaning 3 devices with the same photo will cost you 15mb of drive storage instead of just the 5mb it’s supposed to.
Saving is optional - you don’t have to save a photo to be able to browse it. And yes, browsing it will take some storage space as well since the app has to download, cache and render the image somehow but that’s true for any device and just the way it works.
Or that they would de-duplicate photo storage. Currently, if you upload one from phone+tablet+computer or some other combo of devices, the photos all count towards your storage limit rather than storing one object and having references to that same one object. It is a problem already solved multiple ways.
How and when does that even happen?
Google Files app has a feature to identify and delete duplicates from the same device. Very handy.
No, I believe they are saying one 5mb photo file is duplicated per device it’s saved on, meaning 3 devices with the same photo will cost you 15mb of drive storage instead of just the 5mb it’s supposed to.
Saving is optional - you don’t have to save a photo to be able to browse it. And yes, browsing it will take some storage space as well since the app has to download, cache and render the image somehow but that’s true for any device and just the way it works.