<p>Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Ever since Yahoo decided to give away a terabyte of photo storage for Flickr, we've been bothered by a nagging question: If Yahoo can afford to give us a terabyte for photos, why not a terabyte for other stuff, too?</p><p>Web-based storage has blossomed into a big business.</p><p>Dropbox is the leading independent consumer cloud storage company. It grabbed a $4 billion valuation from investors. It offers 100 gigabytes per year for ~$100. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Box, Hightail, and many others also offer cloud-based document storage at similar prices.</p><p>Watching these companies grow while charging $100 per year for 100 gigabytes seems weird considering Yahoo is offering 10X the storage for free. And, to be fair, Yahoo's 1 terabyte is mostly just marketing. Google+ has unlimited storage for photos. So does Facebook.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-economics-on-yahoos-big-flickr-storage-2013-9">Keep reading...</a></p>