And that's why you don't use (free) cloud services as your only backup. I thought about storing all my family photos on flicker a few years ago... Would have been useless now.
Now I would be "forced" to pay, which in itself wouldn't be all too bad I guess.
> I thought about storing all my family photos on flicker a few years ago... Would have been useless now.
No, it would have been exactly as you just said. You'd start paying and your backup would still be there.