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Just deleted my Google account!!! (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I haven't used it much if at all in the past year, but I finally took the last step and deleted it! Sorry if this is low effort I just don't have anyone I know to share it with.

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[–] mjq07 4 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Is there a viable Photos alternative? I was thinking of setting up a NAS on my RPi but it would need to be for other family members too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I use immich personally, super easy to use and very fast, even on the shitty old laptop I use.

Edit: the shitty old laptop is hosting the server

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ente it you're looking for a paid service. (For me, photos are too important to self-host.) They're end-to-end encrypted and both server and clients are open source.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

too important to self-host

For me it's the other way round. My photos are too important to trust any corporation - no matter how trustworthy they say they are.

[–] Scolding7300 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you do any hosting on the cloud? Thinking of cases like a fire or flood or something

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No I follow the 3-2-1 rule which states that you should have 3 copies in 2 locations where 1 of them is remote.

In my case, the remote part is two external SSDs where I leave one with my parents and the other one plugged into my NAS which does automatic daily backups. When my parents come I swap them around.

[–] Scolding7300 3 points 5 months ago

TIL, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I second Ente, absolutely awesome products and great Devs always listening to feedback from community. Unlike other services and products, absolutely everything is open source to 🙌

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Another vote for Immich. It's a really nice experience on both the web and app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Proton Drive app can automatically sync pictures from your phone. The Proton ecosystem as a whole is a good alternative to Google's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

On that note tho, I kinda hate how this is only offered for photos. Why can't I sync any folder I want?

[–] LordCrom 3 points 5 months ago

Next cloud all the way. I run it in my garage and I grab the free Android app from fdroid

[–] spez_ 2 points 5 months ago

I recommend Immich

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I am still uploading to Google Photos currently, but have setup a backup of my photos once a week using SMBSync2 on Android, to my Raspberry Pi NAS. I have two external hard drives connected to my pc, so when I login to my pc there are two automated backups that happen to copy anything newly added to the nas to the two hard drives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

@mjq07
https://stingle.org, https://piwigo.org, and https://immich.app might be worth a look.

I used NextCloud, myself.
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