I think it's more likely that it's to limit people getting unlimited storage with multiple accounts by limiting it to 15gb per phone number
> Google has confirmed that it's testing a 5GB storage limit for some new Gmail users, unless they add their number.
If 5GB users don't have to enter phone, then I think they will not be able to stop unlimited usage anyway.
> Google has confirmed that it's testing a 5GB storage limit for some new Gmail users, unless they add their number.
If 5GB users don't have to enter phone, then I think they will not be able to stop unlimited usage anyway.