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Snapchat users share fury at upcoming fees for storing old photos and videos

2025-10-07 08:00:06

"Half of my life is on this app and now they expect us to pay for it."

One-star reviews and a sense of injustice have dominated online discussion since the popular messaging app Snapchat became the latest tech firm to put a price tag on a service people previously enjoyed using for free.

The app's parent company Snap announced in September it would start charging people if they have more than five gigabytes worth of previously shared images and videos saved as Memories.

For many, these retro posts act as a window to the past - leading some to accuse the firm of "corporate greed" in posts on social media and negative reviews on Google and Apple's app stores.

Evan Spiegel, Snap's boss, said in September that the company was poised to reach one billion Snapchat users and generate "record revenues"

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