Snapchat, one of the more popular social media apps that still boasts a huge number of users, has made a controversial decision regarding its memories features. As per the latest reports, the Memories feature will soon become chargeable for those with more than five gigabytes of Memories. This was revealed in an official blog post from the parent company. This is sure to leave regular users of the app distressed.
Snapchat to start charging users for using Memories feature
Despite not being as popular as it was in the 2010s, Snapchat continues to remain strong with over 460 million daily active users and 900 million monthly active users, as per the latest reports. There is already a Snapchat+ plan that allows users to enjoy more custom features. It costs £4.49 a month or £33.99 for an annual subscription. While the majority of users can ignore this plus variation, the new change will not be so easy to ignore.
The blog post states that users with over Memroies amounting to more than five gigabytes will be required to pay an additional fee going forward. “Since we launched Memories in 2016, Snapchatters have saved more than 1 trillion Memories. Unlike the camera roll full of duplicates and screenshots, Memories on Snapchat are special because Snapchatters choose to save the moments that really matter,” the post read.
“We want to make sure that our community can continue to store all of their Memories over the long term,” the post added, before revealing the plans. It seems that the plans that Snapchat is implementing is like iCloud storage.
The post explains, “For the vast majority of Snapchatters, who have less than 5GB of Memories, nothing will change. For Snapchatters with more than 5GB of Memories, meaning thousands of Snaps, we are rolling out new options to upgrade and increase storage. The introductory Memories Storage Plans offer 100GB, 250GB with Snapchat+, or 5TB with Snapchat Platinum.”
So, it seems that there will be a major overhaul in the way users use Snapchat, indeed, especially for long-term users. There have been many discussions about this on social media platforms like X and Instagram since the news came.
There will be more about this update soon.
