What are your personal favorites, or recommended favorite alternatives to Google Photos.
Personally, I use my Nextcloud to store my photos, but not everyone has their own server.
I want suggestions for the masses!
@danarel if you find some good alternatives let me know, I haven't found *any* decent photo managers. Nextcloud seems like the best option out there but yeah, requires a server.
Personally I sync to my NAS and computers with Resilio Sync, and I have my family members do the same.
In general though, all I can really say is iCloud seems fine for most people. If you're on Android without a custom ROM (like the "masses" will be) tbh you've already made pretty poor privacy decisions.
@jonah maybe something like boxcryptator or cryptonator with iCloud would be good.
@danarel tbh I’m sure that’s the end goal for Apple anyways. They’re betting a lot of resources on on-device AI while everyone else is focused on cloud-processing, so retaining access to data doesn’t make much sense.
I think the problem for Apple is E2EE isn’t fantastic for backup services like Photos where the devices are keys, in case they’re lost/destroyed. And Apple seems to be allergic to the notion of recovery keys unfortunately, probably for UX-related reasons 🤷♂️
@jonah that’s probably true. Probably have more luck lobbying Apple to better encrypt iCloud than to get people to use multiple apps to encrypt their files.