Google reveals why it is slashing 15GB of free Google Drive storage down to 5GB for new users

Key points

• Earlier this week, news about Google making a significant update to the account storage policy started doing the rounds.
• This happened after some users noticed that when trying to sign up for a new Google account, they were now offered 5GB of storage on Google Drive, instead of 15GB which the company had offered so far.
• However, the notice also read that users could unlock the full 15GB of storage if they added a phone number to their account.
• The change seemed to have been centered around making sure that users couldn't get more than 15GB of storage by just creating multiple Gmail accounts.
• The company also made the change in its support pages, which now read “Your Google Account comes with up to 15 GB of cloud storage at no charge”.Earlier, the page stated users would receive 15GB of storage,without using the word “up to.” Notably, archived version of...