Google Drive Shows Persistent, Undismissable Low-Storage Upsell at 70% Usage
A long-time Google user reports Drive now triggers low-storage warnings at 70% utilization (with 600GB still free on a 2TB plan), via an ad-like prompt that cannot be disabled. Frustration over aggressive storage upsell nagging is pushing a two-decade user to consider leaving the ecosystem entirely.
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