can I piggyback this post to see if anybody has any good alternatives to Google Photos? I've been a happy user for years, but I increasingly worry that Google doesn't have the resources/focus anymore to rely on them to keep all my memories safe. automatic backup of photos/videos on my phone is the killer feature for me.
I can highly recommend Ente Photos[0]. It has automatic backup, and a very good replication architecture for maximum reliability[1]. It's also super easy to use and everything is encrypted by default.
Aside from obvious privacy advantages, is the software better than/on par with Google Photos? Their object detection is top-notch(I guess that's what you get when there's literally whole internet worth of data we give them) and it's one of the major things that my partner uses it. I don't think she'll be happy with lesser one for effectively double the price...
The app definitely has a great UI and usability. It also has ML-based search[0]. Not sure how both compare exactly to Google Photos since it's a very long time since I've used that, but I'd say it's probably at least on par.
I host my own Seafile server behind a wireguard vpn that I use for cloud file storage. I love it. There's an app that runs on my phone that automatically uploads photos whenever I take them. Highly recommend!
I’m running Immich on my home server and it has been great. The syncing on iOS doesn’t seem to want to automatically upload so I have to manually go in and click the sync button sometimes. Otherwise it’s been great!
Weird, iOS here too and syncing works. Sometimes takes a minute for a photo I just took to show up in the app but it will eventually. Is that what you mean?
I think Dropbox has all the features you mentioned from Google Photos, except possibly for tag-style albums instead of directory-style, and photo-focused tooling such as cropping and so on.
I have all my photos sync to my Synology NAS. Because of iOS restrictions, I have to open the specific photo app probably once a month (there’s an accompanying reminder), but other than that, it’s very set and forget.
