The physical limitation of space on our storage habits has been replaced with a purely financial subscription model, a virtual asset with unlimited flex, rather than a material, spatial expansion.

In a study commissioned by Fujifilm in March 2022 13 , 97% of all adults surveyed said that they use cloud storage for some or all of their photos.

In an informal survey of friends, colleagues, and followers on federated networks (86 respondents), around half reported having photo collections on their phones of more than 5,000 images, with just over 70% reporting more than 1,000 images stored.