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Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

#1
With Google ending its free photo storage policy in a few days[0], I'm considering switching to another service. I've poked around a few recommendation sites[1], but am curious to know if anyone has suggestions for new and/or under-the-radar services they would recommend?

[0] https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/

[1] https://www.techradar.com/how-to/best-google-photos-alternat...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

#3
You're certainly welcome to try PhotoStructure! It's got very robust de-duplication, supports portable libraries (so you can automatically sweep your photos scattered across many drives and computers into a single timestamped folder structure), and a novel UI showing a random sampled view of your library.

There's also an active forum for both support and to discuss what and how new features are built out.

https://photostructure.com/

Disclaimer: I'm the (only) author.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

#4

I switched to a personal NAS that has ML categorization: https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/184909893 I think the Synology NAS do the same.

Make sure you stay on top of QNAP security updates, and don't expose any services online: they're hit regularly and repeatedly by cryptolocker malware.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/22/qnap_nas_ransomware_q...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

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post #4

I switched to a personal NAS that has ML categorization: https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/184909893 I think the Synology NAS do the same.

Make sure you stay on top of QNAP security updates, and don't expose any services online: they're hit regularly and repeatedly by cryptolocker malware. https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/22/qnap_nas_ransomware_q...

Good thing about my ISP is they have no public IPs. They are too cheap to buy IPs for each home. It's a feature not a bug!

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Make sure you stay on top of QNAP security updates, and don't expose any services online: they're hit regularly and repeatedly by cryptolocker malware. https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/22/qnap_nas_ransomware_q...

Good thing about my ISP is they have no public IPs. They are too cheap to buy IPs for each home. It's a feature not a bug!

...and then one day they quietly implemented ip6 :)
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