First is spend the 20 bucks a year to get 100 GB with Google one. That relieves the pressure for now. Or, she may not even have to do that.
Then, go through things and delete them. Ruthlessly. Or don't, since you now have 84 more GB to play with.
Note that pictures, Google Docs, and even deleted emails count toward storage space. When you sign into Google's home page there's a neat gadget that helps you decide what to delete to free up storage. She may find she doesn't need the 100 GB after all.
After all that, there are plenty of other places to store stuff. She might want to move all the pictures to Flickr. General docs or files to Dropbox. Open a couple of other email accounts. Yahoo and Hotmail (or whatever MS is calling it now) give you loads of storage. There's even Evergreen, which does other cool stuff.
Yes, Google makes it all so easy, but there is always a price for easy.
After the fresh hell that is going through 16 gigs of stuff (probably mostly junk, as most of our storage is) she will likely find herself far more organized-- and with luck it will still all be free.
Me, I love the amount of space in yahoo mail, and have synched everything through Dropbox and Hotmail. Google insists on uploading phone pix, using up my 16 gig, but I delete them after uploading to Flickr.
As an aside, I keep seeing on photography forums the need to store 15,000, 20,000, or more images. Unless you have a specific business where you have to keep them, I cannot imagine anyone having that many thousands of good shots. Back in the film days we were more careful with framing and exposure, but now when I set everything on auto and press the shutter button, I end up throwing away at least 90% of the shots. I suppose some people don't.
on edit-- oops, that's Evernote, evergreen's a tree.
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