Snapchat starts charging users to store old photos and videos on its platform

Snapchat announced that it has brought a new fee for users to keep old photos and videos on the social media platform and was described as “greedy ..

The application has allowed users to be recorded free of charge from the function of memories since it was released in 2016, but the technology company will receive a fee for users who exceed 5GB storage space with more than a trillion content recorded to the feature.

Users with more than 5GB limit of Snapchat’s memories will be asked to upgrade and increase their storage on the platform so that they can access their contents for a fee of up to $ 191.88.

The technology company will offer promotional memories storage memories for 100GB, 250GB or 5 TB additional areas up to $ 15.99 per month.

A company statement confirmed that it would provide 12 -month temporary storage for memories of the 5GB limit and allow users to download their memories to other devices.

“It is never easy to pass from paying a free service for this, but we hope that the value we provide with memories is worth cost,” he said.

“Nothing will change for the vast majority of Snapchatters, which has memories of less than 5GB.”

However, some Snapchat users have already criticized the movement.

“To get a subscription fee for my memories, the greedy move I have ever seen,” he commented that X.

Another person said: “Does Snapchat pay us for our own paintings?”

Comment was contacted with Snapchat.