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Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by Alifatisk »

I have an iPhone, years ago I made a complete switch from having everything on iCloud to Google Photos. I've been very happy so far, except some tiny friction where the Phone does not let me pick a photo from the library directly

But new features like these is what scares me, I am afraid the Photos team will do something crazy one day that affects all my photos

I do take regular backups every quarter, thanks Google for Takeout, but the fear is still there

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by Hetzner_OL »

clan wrote: post #130
n4bz0r wrote: post #98

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Huh. Was curious what kind of discount they provide in case of downtime caused by hardware failure, but it sounds like they didn't even notice. Shouldn't they monitor the basic vitals? Or you simply reacted too quickly?

Not OP. But with an unmanaged server it is on you. You are in full control and can leave it powered off if you so desire. Monitorering is then your responsibility. They have no login/account on your host. For any hardware issues I have had I have simply created a support ticket. They have always been really fast at responding and fixing for me. If you report a disk and serial number it gets swapped in no time. They h…

Hi there, I hope that it's okay that I respond here since you all mentioned Hetzner. What "clan" wrote here is correct. For our dedicated servers, which are un-managed, customers are responsible for monitoring. And naturally, if something comes up, our team will be happy to investigate it and replace the hardware (or even entire server) free of cost. It helps to speed up the process if you can document the failure as clearly as possible for our team by logging onto your account, navigating to the correct server, and opening a support ticket. You can also ask the team to run a full hardware check for you. For customers who don't want to spend as much time or effort on sysadmin, we have managed servers, where monitoring and other support is included. --Katie, Hetzner

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by UncleMeat »

jawns wrote: post #65

One of the reasons why I think Google Photos is pushing out this functionality is that these new AI-generated variations count toward your overall storage. So hey, you take a selfie, 3 MB. And now you want your selfie to show yourself posing in front of the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall of China, and the Grand Canyon. OK, now you've added an additional 12 MB. Do that often enough, and you'll hav…

I don't think it needs to be this complicated.

Every product at Google is being pressured intensely to put AI everywhere. The focus is on velocity, not well thought out product experiences. This sort of photo editing interaction is not novel so it doesn't require a ton of out of the box thinking to decide to add it to Photos.

Google is worried that other companies are going to steal their lunch and their approach is to try to throw every AI feature they can into their products as fast as possible.

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by loco5niner »

marcuschong wrote: post #111
loco5niner wrote: post #92

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similar on the 2TB, but at 500GB. Having toddlers will do that. I'm trying to capture so much.

Same here. 10mo old. Funny thing is I have barely revisited the photos and videos, due to lack of time.

Ha! Me either. The plan is to collect them now, enjoy them later. Not even deleting the bad pics like I would usually do.

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by into_ruin »

63stack wrote: post #103
into_ruin wrote: post #9

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I really tried my best with Immich, but because I didn't want to open a port on my home firewall it made syncing kind of a pain. I ended up going with Ente and have been pretty happy with it.

Oh my god, the syncing requires opening a port??? The amount of hoops these applications require us to jump through nowadays

It's not the technical difficultly, it's the increased risk.

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by NickNameNick »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #88
Legend2440 wrote: post #46

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You can already do that with some of the other AI generators. Whatever you see around the corner is all hallucinated of course.

Real-life Enemy of the State , but in the worst possible way.

Red Dwarf did it better.

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by jama211 »

kllrnohj wrote: post #114
jama211 wrote: post #56

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Apple is avoiding it more somewhat, but perhaps more due to being behind on the tech itself

Are they? I just took iPadOS 26 and it wouldn't shut up about all the new AI stuff

You have to compare it to another device to see what I mean. Also they talk about features a lot but not a lot of features actually exist

Re: Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos

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Post by 63stack »

into_ruin wrote: post #135
63stack wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh my god, the syncing requires opening a port??? The amount of hoops these applications require us to jump through nowadays

It's not the technical difficultly, it's the increased risk.

What's the risk in allowing a port through a firewall to an application you already trust? How do other applications solve this without a need for an open port?
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