Snapchat has long served as a space for fleeting moments and curated throwbacks The app is now putting a price tag on memories that exceed five the 5 gigabyte mark with subscription plans ranging from a couple of dollars to nearly 200 a year Users are faced with a choice Pay to preserve the past or risk losing the moment that defined it.
The announcement has sparked outrage across social media with users blasting Snapchat for being greedy and unfair is our final report with more Imagine waking up one day and finding out that your memories now come with a price tag Well that is exactly what millions of Snapchat users are discovering as the app prepares to charge for storing old photos and videos Since 2016
Snapchat’s memory feature has been a safe space It is used by millions as a vault for users to save their memories free of cost and limited until now But with more than one trillion pieces of content saved Snap has decided it’s time to lock the vault and sell the key The new rule is simple Users can store up to 5 GB of memory for free Cross that line and you’ll have to pay
Subscription plans in the US range from just under $2 a month to nearly 15 depending on how much extra space you need The most basic tier gives you 100 GB at $1.99 Users of Snapchat Plus will get 250 GB of storage as part of their $3.99 monthly subscription And the top tier Snapchat Platinum offers a staggering 5 tab but that comes with a hefty bill of $14.99 a month Outside the US the fee might differ/
Snap says the change won’t affect most users since the majority never cross the 5 GB mark But many longtime Snapchatters disagree They’ve been saving years of snaps videos and throwbacks some running into hundreds of gigabytes For them the bill could be huge and frustration is boiling over online
On X users blasted Snap’s decision Some called it greedy Others compared it to being forced to pay rent for their own memories One user wrote that it is ridiculous for Snapchat to ask for money for photos like Google Photos does
Snap defends the move however Rising infrastructure costs the company says make free unlimited storage unsustainable It promises a one-year grace period before the cuts take effect and insists users can always download their memories directly to their devices But there is a catch If you don’t pay up your oldest photos will stay safe while your newest ones may disappear For many that means a lifetime of moments baby pictures friendships and milestones suddenly at risk Snapchat today boasts 460 million daily active users nearly 900 million monthly users and a powerful hold on young audiences More than 60% are aged between 18 and 35 With that kind of reach every tweak it makes can ripple across a whole generation A trillion moments saved a trillion moments now weighed against dollars Snapchat has drawn the line And for millions of users their past is suddenly on the clock
