Don't Want to Pay to Store All Your Memories in the Cloud? Do This Instead

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of science fiction for most of his life. He holds a BA from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from The New School.

It costs nothing to take a picture with your phone. But between vacations, family gatherings and everyday moments, you can easily end up with thousands of photos. 

If you store all those photos in the cloud, you're probably paying a pretty penny.

Cloud storage didn't used to be expensive. When Google Photos debuted in 2015, it promised free, unlimited storage. I happily uploaded all my photos and videos ...