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'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai's lack of "visionary leadership."

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm doing all the same as you

What I'm not moving away from though is Google Maps and Photos. No good alternatives exist

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For photos, I have been using Immich, and have been very impressed. It has pretty much all the features I want (automatic backup, chronological timeline, mobile/web app, face tagging, semantic search, albums, sharing, etc). It's a server you self-host though, so setting it up might be a pain if you've never done something like that before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is super neat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This looks good as a self hosted option, but I want something hosted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pay for a cloud server and install it? There's a hosted option 😀

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

Lol I've been a software developer for 20 years, I'm well aware of what it takes to maintain a server. Which is exactly why I would rather pay someone else to do it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Amazon photos?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

About Maps, same here. Even looked into paid alternatives, and... There's not really much of value. I'm disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ente? Just started subscribing though... seems good. 99c for base plan is pretty attractive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks promising, I'll keep my eye on it, might give it a go with some photos to test it out. I wish it weren't e2e encrypted though, I actually like a lot of the features Google provides (tagging/grouping by feature, looking back, etc)