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Google's phones (ie: Pixels and their XL variants) get full size photo and video backups included. Even if you don't have a Google phone, the free-of-charge backup only compresses photos over 16MP which is still pretty adequate for most people taking snapshots on their cell phones.

For the hobbyist or pro photographer backing up their full frame RAWs, sure, you want a more professional (read: paid) backup solution but that doesn't seem unfair to me. For the 95% of users who want to free up space taken up by vacation snaps and selfies, compressing photos over 16MP is often acceptable when it doesn't cost extra.