Google Photos High Quality might not be near-identical to original - SlashGear

Half a decade ago, Google claimed that High Quality photos boasted near-identical visual quality to their Original Quality.

The purpose, back then, was to encourage users to compress their original photos in order to take advantage of Google Photo’s unlimited storage offer.

Starting June 1 this year, however, even High Quality photos will count towards your cloud storage and you will easily hit your 15GB quota without paying for an extra storage subscription.