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Google seems to be in some “cut all expenses” mode recently: + cancelled stadia game studio + cancelled free unlimited google photos + closed Chromium APIs for derived browsers + closed Google Music (replaced with YT Music) + froze hiring + cancelled new office leases
Google is hiring just fine. (Source: I'm hiring. I work for Google. Also careers.google.com.)
1. OneDrive also backs up my photos on my Android device in original quality.
2. I have Google Takeout backup to OneDrive quarterly.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Haven't received my semi-yearly Google recruiting email this year, I was starting to get worried! I'm itching to decline for the fifth time! :)
They finally stopped emailing me after I figured out they were looking for someone else with my name. They dropped a hint that they were excited about my compiler work at Microsoft; but I've never done compiler work or been employed by Microsoft.
Google photos is the best photos product out there for simple sharing with family (and partner share), so of course they're going to destroy it with mismanagement. Time to start looking for alternatives.
iCloud shared albums has served our family well for over five years, all for free.
I got burned by this. I take 4x5 film photos and stored my library in Google Photos as 80 megapixel TIFF scans. One day, they told me I was out of storage, and that all the files were converted to phone-quality jpegs. They look awful. I got into this situation because I had a few terabytes of free storage that I accumulated while working at Google; there was some deal like "fill out this survey and we'll give your pe…
As long as you don't use it to store music...
Basically same story, different file type:
[1] https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/pixel-pixel-xl-continu...
I have started to use Microsoft OneDrive along side Google Photos for two reasons. 1. OneDrive also backs up my photos on my Android device in original quality. 2. I have Google Takeout backup to OneDrive quarterly.
The files were not necessarily touched (they're often from archived projects), I haven't been able to spot a pattern yet. (it may have to do with fast-moving changes + a mix of OS's perhaps)
There are topics in their support forums about this but no serious responses, it's a vague problem but I was shocked that it wasn't a red alert moment for them.
We're switching as soon as possible, but yeah, keep an eye on your recycle bin...
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This article reads like senseless hate-mongering. The email this article is talking about is for users of the Google One subscription only. Of course they'd like their users to know that they can upload full quality photos to Google Photos - that's one of the main reasons I bought the subscription too! Disclosure: I work at Google, but had bought the subscription before joining.
So you drank the cool-aid before making it? Bring back picasa
Ballsy move, kumarharsh. Is it weird working there now? Sort of feels like working for the Empire, but you all have fruity little sweaters instead of stormtrooper armor?