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0 pointsmittermayr5y ago0 comments

The Google Photos interface itself isn't that big of a product (I think), if you can lose some of the sharing features, I guess it'd be quite an easy app to make that can be run off a v-server or Amazon at considerably less long-term trouble. The big big issue is the seamless auto-upload from phone to Google Photos, that's the fantastic feature that locked me in.

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llimos5y ago

True but their AI adds a lot of value. Searching for people is invaluable (though to be fair if you have the files locally, Windows Photos does that too.) Searching by item in the photo is less useful but I can imagine people use it now and again. And the automatically created videos are a nice bonus.

But yeah, not enough for me to pay them for it. If I'm going to pay someone, I'll pay someone else.

majora20075y ago

MegaUpload and Plex offer both of those things. Using Plex allows you to control the full storage and interface, then you can sync those to a cloud service or keep on a HDD yourself.

Normille5y ago

There's also Yandex Disc [0] which is still offering unlimited photo uploads from mobile devices. Although it wouldn't surprise me if they followed Google's lead on this and curtailed their offering as well. As they seem to pretty much mirror everything else Google does.

Yandex Disc also has an AI which allows you to search for objects within your photos.

[0]https://yandex.com/promo/disk/unlim

jogundas5y ago

You might want to be aware that Yandex is a Russian company before moving all your photos there.

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