Google is reasserting their web-search monopoly and reaffirming their interest in gated communities. Are they trying to follow in the footsteps of Facebook? I mean, Google is an actual useful tool (e.g. maps, search, mail... unlike Facebook which is nothing short of a Ponzi scheme where you pay in secrets and mental health) so I can't really hate it, but this is just plain annoying.

Will they store full-size copies on their servers, or do they reduce the dimensionality before storing in the cache?