Google says "High quality" mode in Photos is hopelessly ruining photos

For more than 5 years, Google has been encouraging users to store their photos on Google Drive in High Quality compression mode.

("High quality").It allows you to upload an unlimited number of photos to the cloud. Now, however, the company is trying to convince users to stop downloading photos in “High Quality” and download the originals. Google claims that compression can ruin photos beyond repair.

The company's true motives may be that it wants to make more money.
MSPoweruser.The fact is that Google, “after trillions of photos,” began to limit the number of uploads to Google Drive. Users from June 1, 2021 will be asked to pay if they want to use more than 15GB. And the “High Quality” mode suddenly wasn’t good enough.

The company sent Google Photos to usersa letter in which she suggested switching from High Quality to Original Quality when uploading photos so as not to damage them. Google even accompanied the letter with an image demonstrating how the quality of images deteriorates in High Quality: