AlternativeTo: Google is shrinking free storage from 15GB to 5GB unless you add a verified phone number

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/google-is-shrinking-free-storage-from-15gb-to-5gb-unless-you-add-a-verified-phone-number/

Some users have reported that newly created accounts now start with only 5GB, instead of the 15GB that was previously available by default, unless they link a phone number during setup.

Title says it all. There’s not much else to report in this, but thought it was interesting with everything else going on with Google at the moment.