# Google One 26 Hacker News commenters recommended Google One and 23 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it for cheap cloud storage bundled with Gemini and family sharing, but critics say billing and support are hard to get right. ## Why people recommend it - Cheap storage compared with alternatives (5 comments): "Google has pretty competitive storage AND they are fully abusing Android integration for AND they have pretty good bundling of that storage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995075)) "400GB of cloud storage for $5/mo is actually quite amazing even if it didn’t include anything else." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294622)) "Which is like... $2 for 100GB and you can cancel immediately after" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767999)) - Bundles Gemini and other perks (4 comments): "Google One plans are quite a good value actually - for a few bucks you get more Gemini plus space in Drive and other extras." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539825)) "I pay for bundled Google storage + Gemini and YouTube separately, it's still worth it, even without free months or whatever." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652275)) "students get a couple free years of a Google One subscription which comes with access to the nicer models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48277139)) - Easy to sign up for (4 comments): "Gemini CLI via a Google One plan is the regular consumer billing flow which is pretty straightforward." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308531)) "Quickest way I know to get on any plan is via Google One" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49920429)) "It's vanishingly easy with the app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50075334)) - Family plan shared across accounts (2 comments): "Google lets one subscription be used by *SIX* different google accounts on a family plan." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49871473)) "It's actually cheaper if you subscribe as family on Google One." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45978280)) ## What people warn about - Billing and subscription problems (3 comments): "Google One plan bundles YT Premium Lite as an extra. So they actively blocked me from getting Premium back for a month." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415490)) "They're still charging her for Google One and she can't even manage the subscription because she can't log in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554430)) "that somehow made it impossible to renew YT Premium for 30 days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996552)) - Poor customer support (2 comments): "They're still charging her for Google One and she can't even manage the subscription because she can't log in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554430)) "I have Google One, and pay $250/mo for Ultra, which I barely use, yet I literally have no support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47596716)) - Nags users with upgrade prompts (3 comments): "start nagging aggressively at 90% full" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49705313)) "every google app prompts and notifies and nags about it on every launch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690679)) "Google WILL make sure you're feeling the withdrawal symptoms fast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333546)) - Forced bundles and unwanted extras (3 comments): "I can't even share my Google One storage without subscribing to a Google AI plan anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870897)) "the pricing includes a bunch of other Google crap I have zero interest in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777093)) "Then they started actually limiting it to 5TB and it wasn't worth it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546421)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Apple iCloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud.md): 144 recommend - [Dropbox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dropbox.md): 140 recommend - [OneDrive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onedrive.md): 86 recommend - [Google Drive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-drive.md): 66 recommend - [rsync.net](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rsync-net.md): 34 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://one.google.com/about/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Google One", https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-one/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).