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[–] Kelly 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Its too late for you in this case but as a tip for anyone else, for most people using their camera to take a picture of their console serial number now will mean they have a cloud backed up picture of it available later if its ever needed for account recovery or insurance purposes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Until Google or Apple discontinues that service

[–] newthrowaway20 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[email protected]

Remember, the cloud is just someone else's computer. Be the cloud yourself. Tools like Immich are free, open source, and work nearly identical to Google photos.

[–] Kelly 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Its true that its someone else's server but in my case I get phone and photo backups for au$25/year (approx. us$16.50 or €15).

I manage servers for a living but for my personal data I am happy to pay a relatively small fee for the convenience of having someone else deal with patching, backups, and hardware lifecycles.

I'm glad there are self hosted solutions but its a bit like home bread baking, an interesting hobby for people who are interested or have unique needs - but there are also serviceable options available for purchase at reasonable prices.