“Might” == “Have been for some time, just that we’re now getting to the obvious point”
corporate dystopian move #7368945 aside, I have to wonder what the ROI on this would actually be
Ugh it’s going to be a pain to stop using Google, but it’s time. Long gone are the days of “don’t be evil”
If you’re interested in a self-hosted alternative, I can highly recommend immich. The UI is clean and fast (relative to Photoprism), has android and iOS apps, auto phone->server uploading, sharable albums, and more features. I don’t know anyone that has been disappointed after switching, and I see why
The biggest pain if you want to set it up is starting your home server if you don’t already have one. Otherwise I found setting up immich itself on a server pretty easy
Hadn’t heard of immich, I already run a plex server so shouldn’t be too bad to set up. That just leaves the big problem of switching all my existing accounts off gmail.
Also, use Google takeout and the helper to keep meta and exif data intact, it will take hours and hours to run but it does a perfect job!
2nd this. Have it on a NAS box and the biggest task was just download and re uploading to Immich. Once on I find the UI pleasant and the face tagging is a nice touch.
Yo for years I had that stupid fucking Google warning about running out of space and got so sick and tired of it, now I get kinda giddy when I see “150gb/6tb used”
Ente worked for me. More pricey, yes. But you do not pay with your data… Also e2e encrypted, good family plans and sharing works good.
And one of their backup locations is an underground bunker
One word: Immich
Who can afford hard drive space in this economy
photoprism is another option.
Google won’t scan my private photos. Neither do I have Android (nor iOS) on my phone, nor do I use Gmail and certainly not Google Photos.
What do you use for your phone, out of curiosity?
Always assume Google will scan whatever you store or access through them for advertisement targeting.
They aren’t already?
I kinda assumed it already did, so I stopped using Google photos, now it’s time to exit google drive as well. The only transition I think might be hard for me is Gmail and maybe Keep, but I’ll figure something out
