At roughly 2.99 a month, iCloud+ / Google One (200 GB) is 36 a year, 359 over a decade and 718 over twenty years, at today's price and before increases. Here is the receipt and what the same money is in real things.
Maybe. That is not the point of the page. The point is that cloud storage subscriptions are priced to feel small per month, and 2.99 feels small. 359 over a decade does not. Both numbers are the same purchase; only the framing changes. If you use iCloud+ / Google One (200 GB) every week, the decade price may be one of the best deals you have. If you opened it twice last month, you now know what "I'll cancel it eventually" costs per year: 36.
Today's price, no increases, no annual-plan discount, no shared family plan, no free months. Real ten-year cost is usually higher because prices rise; this is the floor. Currency is left generic on purpose: the figures are close enough in EUR, USD and GBP to use as they are, and you can edit any price in the full calculator.
Cancelling iCloud+ / Google One (200 GB) for six months a year (most people binge in bursts) saves about 18 a year and 179 over ten years. Downgrading to a cheaper tier, sharing legitimately with a household, or rotating between services are all cheaper than the default of paying every month forever.
Other services: Netflix · Spotify · YouTube Premium · Disney+ · Amazon Prime · Apple Music · ChatGPT Plus / an AI assistant · a gym membership · PlayStation Plus / Xbox Game Pass · a dating app.